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

1. Copy the text of your filename.css file.
2. Close your css file.
3. Rename it filename2.css to avoid a filename clash.
4. In MS Notepad or Wordpad, create a new file.
5. Paste the text into it.
6. Save it as filename.css, selecting UTF-8 from the encoding options.
7. Upload filename.css.