Subj : Encoding issue
To   : Nelgin
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Aug 30 2023 11:39:30

  Re: Encoding issue
  By: Nelgin to All on Wed Aug 30 2023 12:42 pm

 > Hi all,
 >
 > I have a problem with character encoding and wonder if someone who deals
 > with this sort of thing more often than I do can help.
 >
 > On my linux system I have two files that report as "Unicode text, UTF-8
 > text" when using file.
 >
 > While one file correctly displays ‚ (e with an acute accent) the other file
 > displays an A with a tilde above followed by the copyright symbol.
 >
 > Obviously, other characters are also displayed incorrectly.
 >
 > I've tried various iterations of iconv to try and correct the output of the
 > misprinting file but with no success.
 >
 > A hexdump shows that the incorrectly displaying file has the following
 > c3 83 c2 a9

That sounds correct. See table here:
https://www.utf8-chartable.de/unicode-utf8-table.pl

 > Whereas the correctly displayed file has
 > c3 a9

That's also correct.

 > So, I'm open to suggestions on how to fix this using some native program
 > rather than having to do search and replace.

More background is needed with the problem here as it sounds like both files contain the correct UTF-8 sequence for the Unicode codepoints you're saying are being displayed.
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