Convert all ISO-8859 files to UTF-8

2utf8.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Convert all ISO-8859 files in $1 directory to UTF-8

error_check() {
    res=$1
    if [ $res -ne 0 ]; then
        echo ""
        echo "error $res"
        exit $res
    fi    
}

echo "Finding ISO-8859 encoded files in $1..."
files=`find $1 -type f -exec file \{\} \; | grep ISO-8859 | cut -d ':' -f 1`
echo -n "Converting to UTF-8"
for i in $files; do
    echo -n "."
    iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 $i -o $i.tmp
    error_check $?
    mv $i.tmp $i
    error_check $?
done
echo ""