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Created January 4, 2017 04:59
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Convert multiple files to UTF-8 encoding with Notepad++
# 2016-2017 Soverance Studios.
# Scott McCutchen
# This file will search all files and folders within a given directory, and use Notepad++ to convert their encoding to UTF-8 without Byte Order Marks
#
# This file must be run using the PythonScript plugin from within Notepad++, which is available through the Notepad++ Plugin Manager
#
# You must have Python 2.7 installed
#
# Additionally, this script can only exist and be run from within the Notepad++ user's working directory, the default of which is here:
# Note that selecting "New Script" from within the PythonScript plugin will automatically default to this save location
# .. USER DIRECTORY\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config\PythonScript\scripts
import os;
import sys;
from Npp import notepad
filePathSrc="U:\\UnrealEngine\\Ethereal\\Source\\Ethereal" # Path to the folder with files to convert
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(filePathSrc):
for fn in files:
if fn[-2:] == '.h' or fn[-4:] == '.cpp': # Specify file types, taking care to change the fn[number] to correspond to length of the file's extension including the .
notepad.open(root + "\\" + fn)
notepad.runMenuCommand("Encoding", "Encode in ANSI")
notepad.runMenuCommand("Encoding", "Convert to UTF-8")
notepad.save()
notepad.close()
@TurtleShroom
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Does this script work on folder trees, with sub-folders?

@SUDALV92
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Does this script work on folder trees, with sub-folders?

no, i'm also searching to a solution with subfolders

@LulaSvob
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Does this script work on folder trees, with sub-folders?

no, i'm also searching to a solution with subfolders

Did you test it? os.walk is set so that it goes through folders recursively, so it should work with subfolders.

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