gedit-cool-hack

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# -*- mode: bash; coding: utf-8 -*-

cool_hack_encoding="WINDOWS-1251"

if [ -z "$1" ]
then
    echo "missing file path" >&2
    exit 2
fi
file_path=$1
shift

if [ ! -f "$file_path" ]
then
    echo "file not exists" >&2
    exit 2
fi

if iconv "$file_path" >/dev/null 2>&1
then
    # file is normal! all good :-)
    
    exec gedit "$file_path" "$@"
else
    # file is damaged or it is COOL HACKERS!!! :D
    
    exec gedit --encoding="$cool_hack_encoding" "$file_path" "$@"
fi

false