Batch convert latin-1 files to utf-8 using iconv

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You shouldn’t use ls like that and a for loop is not appropriate either. Also, the destination directory should be outside the source directory.

mkdir /path/to/destination
find . -type f -exec iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 "{}" -o /path/to/destination/"{}" \;

No need for a loop. The -type f option includes files and excludes directories.

Edit:

The OS X version of iconv doesn’t have the -o option. Try this:

find . -type f -exec bash -c 'iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 "{}" > /path/to/destination/"{}"' \;

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