Can I add custom mapping table for iconv command?

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Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
• iconv command

Issue

• Can I add a mapping table for the iconv command?

Resolution

• Adding custom mapping tables is not supported.
• Please see also Can iconv omit invalid characters?

Root Cause

• Mapping tables are installed at /usr/lib/gconv/ directory as .so libraries. If you want to add your table, you need to implement a library for the table. However, we do not provide anything to create the library.

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