Batch convert latin-1 files to utf-8 using iconv
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: … Read more