NAME

chardet – universal character encoding detector  

SYNOPSIS

chardet [file …]  

DESCRIPTION

Report heuristically-detected character encoding for each file.

For every specified file (defaulting to stdin if no files are specified), reads and determines the character encoding of the file content. Reports the name and confidence level for each file’s detected character encoding.  

Willie has over 15 years of experience in Linux system administration and DevOps. After managing infrastructure for startups and enterprises alike, he founded Command Linux to share the practical knowledge he wished he had when starting out. He oversees content strategy and contributes guides on server management, automation, and security.