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Old 03-24-2015
Conversion from ansii to UTF 16
Hi

I have a big file which is in ansii . I want to convert it to UTF-16 .Please help me on this as I am stuck at this point in unix .
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Old 03-24-2015
Check iconv, utility used for such conversion on unix operating systems.
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Old 03-24-2015
iconv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 03-24-2015
Conversion from ansii to UTF 16
Code:
iconv -f $(file -bi filename.txt | sed -e 's/.*[ ]charset=//') -t utf16 filename.txt > filename.txt

after using the command I am getting the error saying

" File too large "

How can I handle this ....please send me the exact snippet of code
Last edited by Franklin52; 03-24-2015 at 12:35 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 03-24-2015
If the file is too large for iconv to handle, you are going to have to split it into two or more smaller files at a suitable boundary, convert the resultant files using iconv, and then join the files together again after the conversion.

Without knowing the structure and contents of your file, it is difficult to tell you how to successfully spit your file.
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Old 03-24-2015
Do you mean ANSI of ASCII ?
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Old 03-25-2015
I suspect OP means ASCII
 
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