Convert windows encoding (ISO-8859-15) to utf8 (with backups)

convert_encoding.sh

OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=$'\n'

prefix=".old.conv.$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"

for file in $(find . -type f -name '*.php*') ; do
    if file "$file" | grep "ISO-8859 text" 2>/dev/null; then
        echo "convert;${file};$(file $file)"

        dir=$(dirname  "$file")
        filename=$(basename  "$file")
        bakfile="${dir}/${prefix}.${filename}"

        mv "$file" "${bakfile}"
        iconv -f ISO-8859-15 -t utf8 -o "$file" "${bakfile}"
    else
        echo "skipinn;${file};$(file $file)"
    fi
done

IFS=$OLDIFS


# In the end, to delete the backup files, run:
# find . -name ".old.conv.20200628_183042*" -delete