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Converting file using `iconv` from UTF-16LE to UTF-8 yields UTF-16LE file

Title.

The command I run is:

iconv -f UTF-16LE -t UTF-8 .\data\schema-utf16le.graphql > .\data\schema-utf8.graphql;

However, the generated file schema-utf8.graphql is still UTF-16LE encoded.

What am I doing wrong?

I am on windows and installed this version of iconv.

Solution

  • This question has been online for a long time and received literally no views nor an answer. Here's how I finally solved the problem.

    I made a script for nodejs which performs the conversion:

    const fs = require('fs');

const schemaFileName = 'data/schema.graphql';

const readContent = fs.readFileSync(schemaFileName, {
  encoding: 'utf16le',
});

const writeContent = (readContent.charAt(0) === '\ufeff')
  ? readContent.substring(1)
  : readContent;

fs.writeFileSync(schemaFileName, writeContent, 'utf8');