convert UCS-2 encoded text with 16-bit characters into UTF-8, on the command line with sfk for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
sfk wtou in.txtsfk load in.txt +iwtou
convert UCS-2 encoded text with 16-bit characters
into 8-bit characters encoded as UTF-8.
options
-tofile x write output to file x
-nobom write no BOM header
-codes print character codes
-be big endian input
-le little endian input
-showfail tell which unicode characters
failed to convert
command chaining support
wtou uses no chaining input.
iwtou uses binary input from
previous commands like xed.
aliasessfk ucstoutf same as wtou
sfk iucstoutf same as iwtou
see alsosfk utow UTF-8 to wide chars
sfk wtoa wide chars to Ansi
examplessfk wtou in.txt
if in.txt contains wide character data
print this as UTF-8 text to terminal.
sfk load in.txt +iwtou
the same, by command chaining. note that
only iwtou accepts chain input data.
sfk wtou in.txt -tofile out.txt
write UTF-8 output to out.txt.
sfk list mydir .txt +perline "wtou $qtext"
if all .txt files in mydir use wide chars
then print them to terminal as UTF-8.