Comment on Show HN: Command Line Tool to Sort CSV and TSV Files by Multiple Headings in GoComments−johnweldonOP8yWorks great with previously shared Go command line tool jw4.us/to8 when input files are not UTF8.Use to8 to convert from UTF(32|16)(LE)? etc. to UTF8 first, then sort with this tool.−donatj8yIs there an advantage to to8 over iconv?I've used iconv for years and it's never let me down.−johnweldonOP8yI wrote this tool because I don't want to explicitly know the original encoding, I just want _any_ encoding to be converted to UTF8. AFAIK, iconv requires the source encoding to be specified on the command line.
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Works great with previously shared Go command line tool jw4.us/to8 when input files are not UTF8.
Use to8 to convert from UTF(32|16)(LE)? etc. to UTF8 first, then sort with this tool.
Is there an advantage to to8 over iconv?
I've used iconv for years and it's never let me down.
I wrote this tool because I don't want to explicitly know the original encoding, I just want _any_ encoding to be converted to UTF8. AFAIK, iconv requires the source encoding to be specified on the command line.