ryanmeasel · May 15, 2018 21:54 · ryanmeasel · May 22, 2018
diff --git a/convertTextEncoding.sh b/convertTextEncoding.sh
 # When you receive "warning: null character(s) ignore", there is a null byte hidden number in the source code. 
 # This is likely the result of creating a file in Visual Studio which defaults to UTF-16LE and trying to read 
 # it back as UTF8. 

 # To check text encoding of the file, run the following and retrieve the `charset`
 file -I [FILE]

 # To convert the file to UTF8 (or any other encoding)
 iconv -f [CURRENT_ENCODING] -t UTF8 [FILE] > temp
 mv temp [FILE]
	# When you receive "warning: null character(s) ignore", there is a null byte hidden number in the source code.
	# This is likely the result of creating a file in Visual Studio which defaults to UTF-16LE and trying to read
	# it back as UTF8.

	# To check text encoding of the file, run the following and retrieve the `charset`
	file -I [FILE]

	# To convert the file to UTF8 (or any other encoding)
	iconv -f [CURRENT_ENCODING] -t UTF8 [FILE] > temp
	mv temp [FILE]