SPUG: Checking for ASCII files

[James Moore]

Consider calling the UNIX "file" utility (usually found in 
/usr/bin/file) from your script.  Not a great idea if you've got huge 
numbers of files (since you're going to be forking and exec'ing too 
often), but you may find that some of the other facilities offered by 
file would be useful.

James Moore
james at banshee.com

Lorraine Johnson wrote:

> What is the best way to determine if a file
> is ASCII or non-ASCII?  
> 


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