finding the encoding of a file
if i have a file and i'm not sure exactly how it's encoded, how can i find out? the file i was working with was an actuate reporting file with a .bas extionsion and ended up bein utf-16, but i was just wondering for future reference if there's some view option or command i can run to tell me exactly how a file is encoded.
thanks in advance! mike. |
check the file command... http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?file may be useful to you.
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Not possible
As far as I can tell there is no way to tell the encoding.
file yourfilename can tell you whether it's ASCII text or not, but not the encoding. Essentially the encoding is context-dependent and nothing in the file as such defines it. This thread: http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonso...w&ixPost=82874 goes through some of the issues and misunderstandings regarding character encoding. file -i filename will give you the MIME type, which can be useful, but it's not what you're seeking. It can't tell you the character encoding. |
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