iconv should make intelligent warnings

[Pierre]

Binary package hint: libc6

$ LC_ALL=C iconv --verbose -f MAC -t LATIN-9 file.sql > file2.sql
file.sql:
iconv: illegal input sequence at position 1016109

it would be great if it could precise the line where the problem occurs

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

It's pretty easy to figure that out from the position, isn't it? A good editor will let you go straight there.

(I suspect iconv simply doesn't keep track of the line number right now.)

[Pierre (pierre-beaumadier)]

Yes a good editor can show it easily, but without one it's not that easy.

I manage to print the line with head -c <number> file.sql | tail -n 1 ,
but it doesn't tell me the line