Convert UTF-16 encoded file to UTF-8 Accessories, Commands Add comments Jan 132010 Convert UTF-16 encoded file to UTF-8 Answer: iconv is what you need and is available on most Linux platforms. # iconv -f UTF-16 -t UTF-8 text.txt Related posts: Convert Windows text file to UNIX format without dos2unix Convert DOS/MAC to UNIX text file format converter Sending a UTF-8 encoded CSV from PHP Convert a Nero .nrg file to .iso file Convert DOS newlines to Unix format Leave a Reply Cancel reply Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>