How can I change a file's encoding with vim?

Question

I\'m used to using vim to modify a file\'s line endings:

$ file file
file: ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators
$ vim file
:set ff=mac
:wq
$ file file
file         


        

Answer 1

While using vim to do it is perfectly possible, why don't you simply use iconv? I mean - loading text editor just to do encoding conversion seems like using too big hammer for too small nail.

Just:

iconv -f utf-16 -t utf-8 file.xml > file.utf8.xml

And you're done.