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# 15  
Old 01-24-2014
hexdump is a good way... Look at the output you posted, it shows two bytes to each letter.
# 16  
Old 01-24-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
hexdump is a good way... Look at the output you posted, it shows two bytes to each letter.
I am really sorry i don't understand how i can verify two characters. Can you please explain me some detail, i am so thankful to you.
# 17  
Old 01-24-2014
Actually, I think it's "iconv" rather than "iconf".
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# 18  
Old 01-24-2014
From your output:

Code:
00027f80  77 00 77 00 77 00 2e 00  71 00 61 00 74 00 61 00  |w.w.w...r.a.t.p.|

Normal text:
Code:
hexdump -C /etc/gentoo-release
00000000  47 65 6e 74 6f 6f 20 42  61 73 65 20 53 79 73 74  |Gentoo Base Syst|

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# 19  
Old 01-24-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Perderabo
Actually, I think it's "iconv" rather than "iconf".
Sorry about that, it's one of those typos my brain refuses to catch.
# 20  
Old 01-24-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
From your output:

Code:
00027f80  77 00 77 00 77 00 2e 00  71 00 61 00 74 00 61 00  |w.w.w...r.a.t.p.|

Normal text:
Code:
hexdump -C /etc/gentoo-release
00000000  47 65 6e 74 6f 6f 20 42  61 73 65 20 53 79 73 74  |Gentoo Base Syst|


Wonderfull explanation, I totally understand the problem now. So much thanks..........
# 21  
Old 01-25-2014
Usually, UTF16 files have sth like FF FE as the starting word, so a (partial) hexdump from the begin might be helpful.
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