Functions/Remove-BOMFromFile.ps1
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# Source: http://community.idera.com/powershell/powertips/b/tips/posts/dealing-with-file-encoding-and-bom function Remove-BomFromFile { <# .SYNOPSIS To remove BOM (byte order marking) from a file. .DESCRIPTION To remove BOM (byte order marking) from a file. .PARAMETER Path The path to the source file. .PARAMETER Destination The path to the destination file. .EXAMPLE Remove-BomFromFiles -Path .\UTF8-BOM.txt -Destination .\UTF.txt Takes the contents of .\UTF8-BOM.txt, removes the byte order marking and writes to .\UTF8.txt #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Alias('OldPath')] [string] $Path, [Alias('NewPath')] [string] $Destination ) $Content = Get-Content -Path $Path -Raw $Utf8NoBomEncoding = New-Object -TypeName System.Text.UTF8Encoding -ArgumentList $False [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($Destination, $Content, $Utf8NoBomEncoding) } |