Convert 8-bit UTF-8 data to UCS-2 wide characters: sfk utow

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Convert 8-bit UTF-8 data to UCS-2 wide characters, 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 utow [-tofile out.txt]

convert 8-bit UTF-8 encoded text to UCS-2
16-bit character binary data.

options
  -codes   print character codes
  -be      big endian output
  -nobom   write no BOM header
  -i       read from stdin

command chaining support
  uses text from a previous command.

aliases
  sfk utftoucs    same as utow

see also
  sfk utow   UTF-8 to wide chars
  sfk wtou   wide chars to UTF-8
  sfk atow   Ansi to wide chars

examples
  sfk load in.txt +utow -tofile out.txt
    load 8-bit UTF-8 text from in.txt
    and write wide char data to out.txt
  sfk utow in.txt +hexdump
    show a hexdump of ucs output.
  sfk load inutf.txt +utow +wtoa >out.txt
    convert UTF-8 text to Ansi.

sfk utow [-tofile out.txt]

convert 8-bit UTF-8 encoded text to UCS-2
16-bit character binary data.

options
  -codes   print character codes
  -be      big endian output
  -nobom   write no BOM header
  -i       read from stdin

command chaining support
  uses text from a previous command.

aliases
  sfk utftoucs    same as utow

see also
  sfk utow   UTF-8 to wide chars
  sfk wtou   wide chars to UTF-8
  sfk atow   Ansi to wide chars


examples
  sfk load in.txt +utow -tofile out.txt
    load 8-bit UTF-8 text from in.txt
    and write wide char data to out.txt
  sfk utow in.txt +hexdump
    show a hexdump of ucs output.
  sfk load inutf.txt +utow +wtoa 
>out.txt
    convert UTF-8 text to Ansi.

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