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Get-FileEncoding
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function Get-FileEncoding($Path) { | |
$bytes = [byte[]](Get-Content $Path -Encoding byte -ReadCount 4 -TotalCount 4) | |
if(!$bytes) { return 'utf8' } | |
switch -regex ('{0:x2}{1:x2}{2:x2}{3:x2}' -f $bytes[0],$bytes[1],$bytes[2],$bytes[3]) { | |
'^efbbbf' { return 'utf8' } | |
'^2b2f76' { return 'utf7' } | |
'^fffe' { return 'unicode' } | |
'^feff' { return 'bigendianunicode' } | |
'^0000feff' { return 'utf32' } | |
default { return 'ascii' } | |
} | |
} |
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Thank-you for sharing; this is really helpful