Command-line tool

convmv

brew/convmv

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Filename encoding conversion tool

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install convmv

Linux

brew install convmv

Test filename encoding conversion (don't actually change the filename)

convmv -f from_encoding -t to_encoding input_file

Convert filename encoding and rename the file to the new encoding

convmv -f from_encoding -t to_encoding --notest input_file

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