How to check encoding of a CSV file

Question

I have a CSV file and I wish to understand its encoding. Is there a menu option in Microsoft Excel that can help me detect it

OR do I need to make use of programming

Answer 1

Use chardet https://github.com/chardet/chardet （documentation is short and easy to read).

Install python, then pip install chardet, at last use the command line command.

I tested under GB2312 and it's pretty accurate. (Make sure you have at least a few characters, sample with only 1 character may fail easily).

file is not reliable as you can see.