luaiconv (encoding conversion)

luaiconv manual

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Example: GBK to UTF-8

local iconv = require("iconv")
local cd = iconv.new("utf-8", "gbk") -- create a converter from GBK to UTF-8
local f = io.open("/var/mobile/1.txt", "rb")
local s = f:read("*a")
f:close()
sys.alert(cd:iconv(s))

Note: Uses sys.alert

Example: UTF-16LE to UTF-8

local iconv = require("iconv")
local cd = iconv.new("utf-8", "utf-16le") -- create a converter from UTF-16LE to UTF-8
local f = io.open("/var/mobile/1.txt", "rb")
local s = f:read("*a")
f:close()
sys.alert(cd:iconv(s))

Note: Uses sys.alert

Example: UTF-16BE to UTF-8

local iconv = require("iconv")
local cd = iconv.new("utf-8", "utf-16be") -- create a converter from UTF-16BE to UTF-8
local f = io.open("/var/mobile/1.txt", "rb")
local s = f:read("*a")
f:close()
sys.alert(cd:iconv(s))

Note: Uses sys.alert