Re: Byte Order Mark - removing via webcat?
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 67142
interpreted = N
texte = Adam O'Connor wrote:> I have 800 or so files that need their BOM removed. Anyone ever use > webcat to remove the first three bytes from a file? Or whether webcat > can handle files at the byte level?No, WebCat is a text processing system at it's heart (and a Classic Mac one at that).> I can do this with php, but thought I would check across the webcat > community first.Unless you *really* know what you are doing, I would not manually adjust Unicode files blindly. Much better to load them up in a Unicode aware fashion and then write them back out in a non-Unicode encoding.John-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4501 Forbes BoulevardSuite HLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5748-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Adam O'Connor wrote:> I have 800 or so files that need their BOM removed. Anyone ever use > webcat to remove the first three bytes from a file? Or whether webcat > can handle files at the byte level?No, WebCat is a text processing system at it's heart (and a Classic Mac one at that).> I can do this with php, but thought I would check across the webcat > community first.Unless you *really* know what you are doing, I would not manually adjust Unicode files blindly. Much better to load them up in a Unicode aware fashion and then write them back out in a non-Unicode encoding.John-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4501 Forbes BoulevardSuite HLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5748-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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