Hi all,

I am on Mac Os X 10.5 (but I reproduced the issue on 10.4)

I am trying to use iconv to convert an UTF-8 file to ASCII

the utf-8 file contains characters like 'éàç'

I want the accented characters to be turned into their closest ascii equivalent

so

my command is this :

iconv -f UTF-8 -t ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE myutf8file.txt

which works fine on a Linux machine

but on my local Mac Os X I get this for instance :

è => 'e

à => `a

I really dont undersatnd why iconv returns this weird output on mac os x but all is fine on linux

any help ? or directions ?

thanks in advance