bomstrip,
bomstrip-files —
strip the BOM sequence from UTF-8 files
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.
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
The
bomstrip home page:
https://www.ueber.net/who/mjl/projects/bomstrip/
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.
Mechiel Lukkien
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[email protected]⟩
Peter Pentchev
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