Unable to convert correct characters from gb2312 to utf8

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Issue

  • In the System , it is not able to covert the correct characters. For example, the original file charatercs is gb2312 or gb18030 gbk, run the below command:
iconv -t utf-8  example.txt -o  utf.txt

There some error is as the below:

iconv : unkown 170  invalid  input

The system Language environment is :

echo $LANG
LANG=zh_CN.gb2312

How to fix it ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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