I downloaded the test sequences, and it seems the input file is not a valid windows-1251 encoded file. Iconv stops at the first illegal character, and this seems to be the correct behaviour (even with -c).
recode "works" because recode doesn't check it's input for invalid (uncovertable) characters and just outputs "something else" instead. -- The choice of a -----==- _GNU_ ----==-- _ generation Marc Lehmann ---==---(_)__ __ ____ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / http://schmorp.de/ -=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ XX11-RIPE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]