ANSI to UTF-8 File Converter

Command-line utility to convert ANSI-encoded files to UTF-8 with a BOM (Byte Order Mark).

Installation

No installation required. Just download AnsiToUtf8.exe and run it from the command line.

Usage

AnsiToUtf8 <file_mask> [codepage]

where:

• file_mask — file name or mask of files to convert, e.g. source.pas or *.pas.
• codepage — source ANSI code page. Defaults to 1251.

Examples:

AnsiToUtf8 source.pas
AnsiToUtf8 *.pas
AnsiToUtf8 Source\*.pas 1252

Features

• Converts a single file or multiple files matching a mask.
• Adds a UTF-8 BOM (EF BB BF) to converted files.
• Skips files that already have a UTF-8 BOM.
• Creates a .bak backup of the original file before conversion.

The utility can also be used in batch files for bulk conversion.