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UTF8removeBOM.exe, Version 1.00
Read a text file and save the text in UTF-8 format without Byte Order Mark
Usage: UTF8REMOVEBOM textfilein [ texfileout ] [ /O ]
Where: textfilein is the source text file
textfileout is the target text file
(default if not specified: textfilein)
/O overwrite existing target file,
required if target file is not specified
(default: abort if target file exists)
Notes: At least 2 command line arguments are required.
Return code is -1 in case of errors, otherwise 0.
This simple tool was written with the following workflow in mind:
* VBScript's OpenTextFile writes text file with TriStateTrue option
* UTF8removeBOM.exe removes the Byte Order Mark
* PHP command print( htmlentities( file_get_contents( textfile ) ) )
shows the text correctly in a web page
Written by Rob van der Woude
http://www.robvanderwoude.com
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