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
Strip the BOM, if present, from all text files, backing them up with a .bom extension:
bomstrip-files *.txt
Use the OCAML implementation of
bomstrip
:
env BOMSTRIP='ocaml bomstrip.ocaml'
bomstrip-files *.txt
SEE ALSO¶
Thebomstrip
home page:
https://www.ueber.net/who/mjl/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 | Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 |