How to convert a batch file stored in utf-8 to something that works via another batch file and run it

Question

I have a program I use to create a batch file. My problem is that the program\'s output is UTF-8 so as soon as any diacritical marks like é,à,ö,Ä are in my batch file it fai

Answer 1

In Unix I would use the "iconv" tool for converting between encodings:

iconv --from-code UTF-8 --to-code iso-8859-1 -c inputfile > outputfile

It seems a build for Windows is avialable at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libiconv.htm