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   foxidrive to sean   
   Re: change file encoding in batch file   
   16 Oct 16 03:03:21   
   
   From: foxidrive@server.invalid   
      
   On 12/10/2016 09:40, sean wrote:   
      
   > I have a need to change file encoding from whatever it is now to utf-16   
   > and I'd like to do this programmatically without much hassle.   
   >   
   > Any pointers on changing the file type will be greatly appreciated!   
      
   I'm not so clued up on UTF encoding but reading around it indicates that   
   your files may have a BOM that you can check for.   
      
   A BOM isn't mandatory and it would depend on the files you're processing to   
   see if they all have one, and also the form of the BOM.   
      
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