encoding-eur-accent.bash

#!/bin/bash

function uw() {
  iconv --from-code=utf8 --to-code=windows-1252
}

function wu() {
  iconv --from-code=windows-1252 --to-code=utf8
}

function ui() {
  iconv --from-code=utf8 --to-code=iso8859-1
}

function iu() {
  iconv --from-code=iso8859-1 --to-code=utf8
}

function ui15() {
  iconv --from-code=utf8 --to-code=iso8859-15
}

function i15u() {
  iconv --from-code=iso8859-15 --to-code=utf8
}

echo [EUR in windows-1252]
echo -n € | uw | hexdump

echo [EUR not mapped in iso8859-1]
echo -n € | ui | hexdump

echo [EUR mapped in iso8859-15]
echo -n € | ui15 | hexdump

#

echo [windows-1252 mapping]
echo éèàêç | uw | wu

echo [iso8859-1 mapping]
echo -n éèàêç | ui | iu

echo [iso8859-15 mapping]
echo éèàêç | ui15 | i15u

#

echo [windows-1252]
echo -n éèàêç | uw | hexdump

echo [iso8859-1]
echo -n éèàêç | ui | hexdump

echo [iso8859-15]
echo -n éèàêç | ui15 | hexdump

#

echo [interpret utf8 as windows-1252]
echo éèàêç | wu # éèàêç