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January 4, 2017 04:59
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Convert multiple files to UTF-8 encoding with Notepad++
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# 2016-2017 Soverance Studios. | |
# Scott McCutchen | |
# This file will search all files and folders within a given directory, and use Notepad++ to convert their encoding to UTF-8 without Byte Order Marks | |
# | |
# This file must be run using the PythonScript plugin from within Notepad++, which is available through the Notepad++ Plugin Manager | |
# | |
# You must have Python 2.7 installed | |
# | |
# Additionally, this script can only exist and be run from within the Notepad++ user's working directory, the default of which is here: | |
# Note that selecting "New Script" from within the PythonScript plugin will automatically default to this save location | |
# .. USER DIRECTORY\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config\PythonScript\scripts | |
import os; | |
import sys; | |
from Npp import notepad | |
filePathSrc="U:\\UnrealEngine\\Ethereal\\Source\\Ethereal" # Path to the folder with files to convert | |
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(filePathSrc): | |
for fn in files: | |
if fn[-2:] == '.h' or fn[-4:] == '.cpp': # Specify file types, taking care to change the fn[number] to correspond to length of the file's extension including the . | |
notepad.open(root + "\\" + fn) | |
notepad.runMenuCommand("Encoding", "Encode in ANSI") | |
notepad.runMenuCommand("Encoding", "Convert to UTF-8") | |
notepad.save() | |
notepad.close() |
Does this script work on folder trees, with sub-folders?
no, i'm also searching to a solution with subfolders
Did you test it? os.walk is set so that it goes through folders recursively, so it should work with subfolders.
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no, i'm also searching to a solution with subfolders