iso2utf8

#!/bin/bash
#
#: Filename    : iso2utf8
#: Title       : iso2utf8 - ISO-8859-2 to UTF-8 converter
#: Author      : "Iarmin" <[email protected]>
#: Version     : 0.9
#: Description : Converts files from iso-8859-2 to utf-8. Skips already converted files. Creating backup.
#: Dependency  : iconv, isutf8[moreutils]
#: Options     : ./iso2utf8 <file1> <file2> <file3> ...
#


for f in "$@"; do
    bakf="${f}.bak"

    if [ ! -f "$f" ]; then
        echo "$f: cannot open"
    fi

    if isutf8 "$f" &> /dev/null; then
        echo "$f: already in UTF-8"
    else
        mv "$f" "$bakf"

        iconv -f iso-8859-2 -t utf-8 "$bakf" > "$f"

        if cmp "$f" "$bakf" &> /dev/null; then
            rm -f "$bakf"
        else
            echo "$f: converted"
        fi
    fi
done