sed replace accents (YAML)

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash

sed -e "s/é/\\\00E9/g" \
    -e "s/è/\\\00E8/g" \
    -e "s/ê/\\\00EA/g" \
    -e "s/ë/\\\00EB/g" \
    -e "s/É/\\\00C9/g" \
    -e "s/È/\\\00C8/g" \
    -e "s/Ê/\\\00CA/g" \
    -e "s/Ë/\\\00CB/g" \
    -e "s/à/\\\00E0/g" \
    -e "s/â/\\\00E2/g" \
    -e "s/À/\\\00C0/g" \
    -e "s/Â/\\\00C2/g" \
    -e "s/ù/\\\00F9/g" \
    -e "s/û/\\\00FB/g" \
    -e "s/ü/\\\00FC/g" \
    -e "s/Ù/\\\00D9/g" \
    -e "s/Û/\\\00DB/g" \
    -e "s/Ü/\\\00DC/g" \
    -e "s/ô/\\\00F4/g" \
    -e "s/ö/\\\00F6/g" \
    -e "s/ô/\\\00D4/g" \
    -e "s/ö/\\\00D6/g" \
    -e "s/\([a-zA-Z]\)'\([a-zA-Z]\)/\1''\2/g" \ # escape single quotes in text