Using PowerShell to write a file in UTF-8 without the BOM

Question

Out-File seems to force the BOM when using UTF-8:

$MyFile = Get-Content $MyPath
$MyFile | Out-File -Encoding \"UTF8\" $MyPath

Answer 1

    [System.IO.FileInfo] $file = Get-Item -Path $FilePath 
    $sequenceBOM = New-Object System.Byte[] 3 
    $reader = $file.OpenRead() 
    $bytesRead = $reader.Read($sequenceBOM, 0, 3) 
    $reader.Dispose() 
    #A UTF-8+BOM string will start with the three following bytes. Hex: 0xEF0xBB0xBF, Decimal: 239 187 191 
    if ($bytesRead -eq 3 -and $sequenceBOM[0] -eq 239 -and $sequenceBOM[1] -eq 187 -and $sequenceBOM[2] -eq 191) 
    { 
        $utf8NoBomEncoding = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding($False) 
        [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($FilePath, (Get-Content $FilePath), $utf8NoBomEncoding) 
        Write-Host "Remove UTF-8 BOM successfully" 
    } 
    Else 
    { 
        Write-Warning "Not UTF-8 BOM file" 
    }  

Source How to remove UTF8 Byte Order Mark (BOM) from a file using PowerShell