How do I remove  from the beginning of a file?

Question

I have a CSS file that looks fine when I open it using gedit, but when it\'s read by PHP (to merge all the CSS files into one), this CSS has the following characters prepend

Answer 1

Use Total Commander to search for all BOMed files:

Elegant way to search for UTF-8 files with BOM?

• Open these files in some proper editor (that recognizes BOM) like Eclipse.

• Change the file's encoding to ISO (right click, properties).

• Cut  from the beginning of the file, save

• Change the file's encoding back to UTF-8

...and do not even think about using n...d again!