Check if file contains multibyte character
Question
I have some subtitle files in UTF-8. Sometimes there are some sporadic multibyte characters in these files which cause problem in some applications.
How do I check in linux (and possibility locate these) if a certain file contains any multibyte character.
La solution
You can use file command
chalet16$ echo test > a.txt
chalet16$ echo testก > b.txt #One of Thai characters
chalet16$ file *.txt
a.txt: ASCII text
b.txt: UTF-8 Unicode text
Autres conseils
You can use file
or chardet
command.
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