Package: libc6 Version: 2.6-2 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man1/iconv.1.gz Mention error codes, return status. E.g., what does $?=1 mean, invalid characters even with -c? Etc. $ make proceedingsb55.txt iconv -ct big5 proceedingsb5.txt > proceedingsb55.txt make: *** [proceedingsb55.txt] Error 1 At least say a wimpy "An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value indicates failure."