That worked, but "file" shows no difference: $ iconv -f utf-8 -t utf-8 -c foo.sql > utf.sql $ file -i foo.sql foo.sql: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
$file -i utf.sql utf.sql: text/plain; charset=us-ascii So iconv didnt actually convert the file OR does is the "file" command just ignorant? On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marl...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Cody Caughlan <tool...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Its a Rails app and I do have: > > encoding: utf8 > > > Hmmm, if you try this does it work (mostly)? > > iconv -f utf-8 -t utf-8 -c < infile > outfile >
