From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2006-12-07T11:55:13+09:00
Subject: Re: replace delimiter in unicode encdoded file

On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:06:51 -0000, ciapecki <ciapecki@gmail.com> wrote:

> Another question following up.
> Is there a way to find out in what encoding is the file encoded (is it
> ucs-2le or utf-8)?
> when I open a file in VIM I can check it with :set fileencoding
> so there must be any way to recognize the file and its encoding.
>

I've not used it myself so I can't say it'll definitely do what you need,  
but NKF from the standard library might get you closer:

	http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/nkf/rdoc/index.html

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Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk