Bash: How to test file encoding and convert

Project:Linux software
Component:Documentation
Category:support request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
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Related pages:#5388: Find encoding of a file and re-encode file
Tags:bash script, iconv, Text encoding
Description

Within a bash script, how to test the encoding of a file and convert the encoding if necessary?

Comments

#1

iconv - Convert encoding of given files from one encoding to another

#2

Related pages:-303: Bash+5388: Find encoding of a file and re-encode file