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convmv


Information about the package, convmv, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The convmv package is designed for, Convert filename encodings.


Package Name:

convmv

Summary:

Convert filename encodings

Description:

This package contains the tool convmv with which you can convert the encodings of filenames, e.g. from Latin1 to UTF-8.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

1.15

Release:

2.el6

Size:

31 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2 or GPLv3



Handy Yum Commands for convmv


Control the convmv package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install convmv

This command will install convmv on the server.

yum remove convmv

This command will un-install convmv on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove convmv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove convmv

This command will un-install convmv on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove convmv when using the -y flag.

yum update convmv

This command will update convmv to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove convmv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update convmv

This command will update convmv to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove convmv when using the -y flag.

yum info convmv

This command will show you core information about the convmv package.

yum deplist convmv

This command will show you the dependencies for convmv. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update convmv

This command will check if there is an update waiting on convmv. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.