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 IDN2(1)                                                             IDN2(1)
                                  July 2017



 NAME
      idn2 - Libidn2 Internationalized Domain Names conversion tool

 SYNOPSIS
      idn2 [OPTION]... [STRINGS]...

 DESCRIPTION
      idn2 tool converts DNS domains from UTF-8 to ASCII compatibile
      encoding (ACE) form, as used in the DNS protocol. The encoding format
      is the Internationalized Domain Name (IDNA2008/TR46) format.

      All input strings are expected to be encoded in the locale charset.

      To process a string that starts with -, for example -foo, use -- to
      signal the end of parameters, as in idn2 --quiet -- -foo.

      Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
      too.

      -h, --help
           Prints help and exits.

      -V, --version
           Prints version and exits.

      -d, --decode
           Decode an ACE name according to IDNA2008.

      -l, --lookup
           Encode to ACE according to IDNA2008 (the default).

      -r, --register
           Registers a label.

      -T, --tr46t
           Enable TR#46 transitional processing.

      -N, --tr46nt
           Enable TR#46 non-transitional processing (default).

      --no-tr46
           Disable TR#46 processing.

      --usestd3asciirules
           Enable STD3 ASCII rules.

      --debug
           Prints debugging information.

      --quiet
           Silent operation.



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 IDN2(1)                                                             IDN2(1)
                                  July 2017



 Author
      Written by Simon Josefsson.

 Reporting bugs
      Report bugs to the gitlab issue tracker of the project
      https://gitlab.com/libidn/libidn2/issues.
















































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