Changing text encoding?

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  1. AlphaBoy85, May 1, 2016

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    Is there any way that I could change multiple text files encoding to UTF8 thru Automator?

    Thank you gents!
     
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  2. Waragainstsleep, May 20, 2016

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    Might be easier with a Shell script?
     
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  3. AlphaBoy85, May 20, 2016

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    I am sorry, what is a Shell script?

    How can I use this "Shell script"? Kindly explain.

    Thanks a lot!
     
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  4. richard2, May 20, 2016

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    What is the current encoding of the text files?
     
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  5. AlphaBoy85, May 20, 2016

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    Windows
     
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  6. richard2, May 20, 2016

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    Windows has many different character encodings. Assuming the encoding is Windows-1252 (the most common one), the following Automator action should transcode the text to UTF-8:

    Note: Ensure that you create a backup of the input files before you run the workflow.

    Run shell script

    Shell: /bin/bash
    Pass input: As arguments

    iconv -f WINDOWS-1252 -t UTF-8 "$@"
     
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  7. AlphaBoy85, May 20, 2016

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    Thanks a lot!!!
     
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