BOM¶
Check if a file as a BOM:
$ file <file>
This shows for instance:
XML 1.0 document, UTF-8 Unicode (with BOM) text, with very long lines, with CRLF line terminators
To remove BOM from start of file:
$ sed -i $'1s/^\uFEFF//' <file>
Check if a file as a BOM:
$ file <file>
This shows for instance:
XML 1.0 document, UTF-8 Unicode (with BOM) text, with very long lines, with CRLF line terminators
To remove BOM from start of file:
$ sed -i $'1s/^\uFEFF//' <file>