How can I determine the storing standards, such as UTF-8, for files?

Question

The question arises from the reply.

How can I change the storing from an ISO-standard to UTF-8?

Some details:

I used Mac with some ISO-standard. I formatted it, so I cannot know the exact ISO-standard. Now, I use Ubuntu, and I try to switch my Mac-latex-files from the ISO to UTF-8.

you should put all the relevant information in this question; but only if you want an answer ;) — Mitch Wheat, Aug 10 '09 at 04:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 10 '09 at 04:24

1

To answer the question in the title: The file command may be able to guess the encoding of a given file.

To answer the question in the body: Try iconv.

answered Aug 10 '09 at 04:24

Greg Hewgill

951,095
183
1,149
1,285

Some Latex files are of the type "Latex files", while other files are "graphviz graph text". – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 Aug 10 '09 at 04:31
Ok, if `file` can't (or won't) guess then you will have to know what encoding you used to create the files. Use `iconv` to convert the files to your desired UTF-8 encoding. – Greg Hewgill Aug 10 '09 at 04:32

How can I determine the storing standards, such as UTF-8, for files?

1 Answers1