title: How to fix weird issue with iconv on Mac Os x
body: <p>I am on <strong>Mac Os X</strong> 10.5 (but I reproduced the issue on 10.4)</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to use <strong>iconv</strong> to convert an <strong>UTF-8 file to ASCII</strong></p>
  
  <p>the utf-8 file contains characters like 'éàç'</p>
  
  <p>I want the accented characters to be turned into their closest ascii equivalent</p>
  
  <p>so </p>
  
  <p>my <strong>command</strong> is this : </p>
  
  <p><strong>iconv -f UTF-8 -t ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE myutf8file.txt</strong></p>
  
  <p><em>which works fine on a Linux machine</em></p>
  
  <p>but on my local Mac Os X I get this for instance : </p>
  
  <p><strong>è => 'e</strong></p>
  
  <p><strong>à => `a</strong></p>
  
  <p>I really dont undersatnd why iconv returns this weird output on mac os x but all is fine on linux</p>
  
  <p>any help ? or directions ?</p>
  
  <p>thanks in advance</p>