Remove Byte Order Mark from a large Number of Files

This task can be carried out quickly and easily with any number of files at the same time using the program TextEncoder.

Simply follow the following steps:

1. First, add all files whose byte order mark you want to remove to the file list in the program. In the file list, the column "BOM" shows you whether a file has a byte order mark or not. This way you can immediately see which files are affected.
2. Next, activate the action "Encoding" on the right side of the program. If you only want to change the BOM, you can configure the options of this action as follows:
3. Read as: Auto Detect
4. Save as: Keep
5. Write Byte Order Mark (BOM) into Files: No
6. Finally, you can specify in the Storage Options whether you want to overwrite your original files or whether you want to save your changed files as new files with a new name or in a new folder.
7. Then click on "Convert and Save" to delete the Byte Order Mark from all files in the file list at once.

Tip 1: If you have a very large web project with a lot of folders, you can alternatively also simply add all PHP files to the file list in the TextEncoder by right-clicking on the file list, entering the file extension "PHP" under "Filter" and then drag the total folder of the project onto the program.

Tip 2: If you don't want to change only the encoding and/or the byte order mark of a large number of text files simultaneously, you can also take a look at the TextConverter. In addition to changing the encoding, the TextConverter also allows you to edit many files at the same time.
2024-05-02 at 20:29