IDN2(1)

NAME
idn2 - Libidn2 Internationalized Domain Names conversion tool

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

DESCRIPTION
idn2 tool converts DNS domains from UTF-8 to ASCII compatible 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.

Author
Written by Simon Josefsson.

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