a simple bash wrap for iconv.

transcode.sh

#!/bin/bash

usage() {
    echo Usage: `basename $0` from_encoding to_encoding file_or_dir_to_transcode
}

if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
    usage
    exit 1
fi

from=$1
to=$2
target=$3

if [ -d $target ]; then
    wd=`pwd`
    cd "$target"
    for file in `ls -1`; do
        filename=${file%.*}
        iconv -f $from -t $to ${filename}.txt > ${filename}_${to}.txt
        rm ${filename}.txt
    done
    cd "$wd"
elif [ -f $target ]; then
    filename=${target%.*}
    iconv -f $from -t $to ${filename}.txt > ${filename}_${to}.txt
    #rm $target  # Comment out this to keep original file
else
    usage
    exit 0
fi

unset from to target