How to find out the character set of a text file
Solution 1:
If you are using Windows try downloading Notepad++. It should recognize the encoding and offers several conversions including UTF-8.
Solution 2:
- for linux, use
file -i filename - for mac, use
file -I filename
For instance,
$ file -i readme.txt
readme.txt: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
BTW, for converting, use iconv， for instance,
iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 filename