isutf8
Check whether text files contain valid UTF-8. tldr-pages
On several platforms
Several platforms
Check whether the specified files contain valid UTF-8
isutf8 path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...IdentifyPrint errors using multiple lines
isutf8 --verbose path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...IdentifyDo not print anything to stdout, indicate the result merely with the exit code
isutf8 --quiet path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...IdentifyOnly print the names of the files containing invalid UTF-8
isutf8 --list path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...IdentifyOnly print the names of the files containing valid UTF-8 (the inverse of --list)
isutf8 --invert path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...Identify