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try to interpret in an encoding and check if makes sense.<br />

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try to interpret in an encoding and check if makes sense.


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Hi,<br />
How can I determine the character encoding of a file? <br />
i.e. BIG5, SHIFT_JIS, UTF-8, etc.<br />
This is on linux or any other unix flavors<br />
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I know iconv converts from one encoding to another, but this doesn't help me.<br />
I guess something similar to auto_ef in solaris 10. <br />
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Thanks<br />
Jamie
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Hi,
How can I determine the character encoding of a file? 
i.e. BIG5, SHIFT_JIS, UTF-8, etc.
This is on linux or any other unix flavors

I know iconv converts from one encoding to another, but this doesn't help me.
I guess something similar to auto_ef in solaris 10. 

Thanks
Jamie

How can I determine the character encoding of a file?

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