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Convert Ansi codepage characters to UTF-8, on the Windows command line with the free Open Source tool Swiss File Knife.
  • Download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
  • Open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
  • OS X : type mv sfk-mac-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
  • Linux: type mv sfk-linux-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk. OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.
sfk atou [infile]

convert Ansi to UTF-8 text.

options
  -tofile x    write output to file x
  -nobom       write no BOM header
  -i           read from stdin
  -codepage=n  change codepage.
               more under: sfk listcodes

command chaining support
   accepts text or binary from a previous command.

aliases
  sfk ansitoutf    same as atou

see also
  sfk utoa       convert UTF-8 to Ansi
  sfk listcodes  list available characters
                 of your Ansi codepage

examples
  sfk atou in.txt -tofile oututf.txt
    convert ansi to utf8 and write to file.
  sfk load in.txt +atou -tofile oututf.txt
    convert chain text.
sfk atou [infile]

convert Ansi to UTF-8 text.

options
  -tofile x    write output to file x
  -nobom       write no BOM header
  -i           read from stdin
  -codepage=n  change codepage.
               more under: sfk listcodes

command chaining support
   accepts text or binary from a previous 
   command.

aliases
  sfk ansitoutf    same as atou

see also
  sfk utoa       convert UTF-8 to Ansi
  sfk listcodes  list available characters
                 of your Ansi codepage

examples sfk atou in.txt -tofile oututf.txt convert ansi to utf8 and write to file. sfk load in.txt +atou -tofile oututf.txt convert chain text.

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sfk is a free open-source tool, running instantly without installation efforts. no DLL's, no registry changes - just get sfk.exe from the zip package and use it (binaries for windows, linux and mac are included).

 

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