BOMSTRIP(1) | General Commands Manual | BOMSTRIP(1) |
NAME¶
bomstrip
,
bomstrip-files
—
strip the BOM sequence from UTF-8 files
SYNOPSIS¶
bomstrip |
bomstrip-files |
file ... |
DESCRIPTION¶
Thebomstrip
utility reads UTF-8 data from
its standard input and copies it to its standard output, stripping the BOM
(byte-order mark) from the beginning of the text if it is present. There are
no command-line options and no parameters.
The bomstrip-files
utility removes the UTF-8
BOM from the specified files, saving each file's original contents with a
.bom extension. It uses the
bomstrip
utility, trying to execute it as
“bomstrip
”; if the
bomstrip
utility is installed under another
name, or if a more complex command is desired, it may be supplied in the
BOMSTRIP
environment variable.
EXAMPLES¶
Strip the BOM, if present, from a text file:bomstrip < bom.txt >
nobom.txt
bomstrip-files *.txt
bomstrip
:
env BOMSTRIP='ocaml bomstrip.ocaml'
bomstrip-files *.txt
SEE ALSO¶
Thebomstrip
home page:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~mechiel/projects/bomstrip/
HISTORY¶
Thebomstrip
utility (in many languages) was
written by
Mechiel Lukkien, with implementations in various languages sent to him by others, including
Andreas Gohr,
Andrew Gerrand,
Berteun Damman,
Matthijs Bomhoff,
Peter Pentchev, and
Ruben Smelik. The
bomstrip-files
utility and this manual page
were written by
Peter Pentchev in the hope that they reflect the behavior of all the
bomstrip
implementations in all languages.
AUTHORS¶
Mechiel Lukkien ⟨mechiel@xs4all.nl⟩Peter Pentchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩
June 14, 2008 | Debian |