#!/usr/bin/env bash

output=$(file --brief --mime-encoding "$1")

if echo "$output" | grep -qi "ISO-8859"; then
  encoding=$output
  # Backup input file
  cp $1 old_$1
  echo "Text file encoded in $encoding. Converting to UTF-8"
  # Convert to UTF-8 using iconv. It also replaces the original file with the newly
  # encoded one
  # Expected call: iconv -f iso-8859-<1..15> file.txt -t UTF-8 -o file.txt
  iconv -f $encoding $1 -t utf-8 -o $1
else
  echo "Text file not encode in ISO-8859"
fi

$~/Projects/scripts: ./fixEncodingForStations stations.txt
./fixEncodingForStations.sh: line 16: 13733 Bus error               (core dumped) iconv -f $encoding $1 -t utf-8 -o $1