NAME

       bomstrip, bomstrip-files — strip the BOM sequence from UTF-8 files

SYNOPSIS

       bomstrip
       bomstrip-files file ...

DESCRIPTION

       The  bomstrip  utility  reads  UTF-8  data  from its standard input and copies it to its standard output,
       stripping the BOM (byte-order mark) from the beginning of the text  if  it  is  present.   There  are  no
       command-line options and no parameters.

       The  bomstrip-files  utility  removes the UTF-8 BOM from the specified files, saving each file's original
       contents with a .bom extension.  It uses the bomstrip utility, trying to execute it as “bomstrip”; if the
       bomstrip utility is installed under another name, or if a more complex command  is  desired,  it  may  be
       supplied in the BOMSTRIP environment variable.

EXAMPLES

       Strip the BOM, if present, from a text file:

             bomstrip < bom.txt > nobom.txt

       Strip the BOM, if present, from all text files, backing them up with a .bom extension:

             bomstrip-files *.txt

       Use the OCAML implementation of bomstrip:

             env BOMSTRIP='ocaml bomstrip.ocaml' bomstrip-files *.txt

SEE ALSO

       The bomstrip home page: https://www.ueber.net/who/mjl/projects/bomstrip/

HISTORY

       The  bomstrip utility (in many languages) was written by Mechiel Lukkien, with implementations in various
       languages sent to him by others,  including  Andreas  Gohr,  Andrew  Gerrand,  Berteun  Damman,  Matthijs
       Bomhoff,  Peter Pentchev, and Ruben Smelik.  The bomstrip-files utility and this manual page were written
       by Peter Pentchev in the hope that they reflect the behavior of all the bomstrip implementations  in  all
       languages.

AUTHORS

       Mechiel Lukkien ⟨mechiel@ueber.net⟩
       Peter Pentchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩

Debian                                          November 14, 2021                                    BOMSTRIP(1)