Any2UTF8

Any2UTF8 is a simple program to convert plain text file in any character encoding to UTF8.

The program automatically detects the character encoding of the source file and converts it to UTF8.

It is also possibile to perform batch conversions of entire folders containing files in mixed encodings, the encoding of each file will be detected and converted to UTF8, if a file is already in UTF8 it will not be converted.

Downloading the program

You can download the program here: any2utf8.zip

Running the program

NB: to run this program you need Java 1.6 or later (click here to find out if Java is already installed on your computer)

Windows

unzip the zip file you downloaded

double click on any2utf8.exe

Mac OS X / Linux

unzip the zip file you downloaded

double click on any2utf8.jar