NAME¶
bomstrip,
bomstrip-files —
strip the BOM sequence from UTF-8 files
SYNOPSIS¶
DESCRIPTION¶
The
bomstrip 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¶
The
bomstrip home page:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~mechiel/projects/bomstrip/
HISTORY¶
The
bomstrip 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⟩