How to convert multiple files encoded in UTF-8-BOM to ANSI?

I would like the output to be correct in both cases. If Powershell it's not the solution, what else do you guys recommend ? powershell ... SuperUserisaquestionandanswersiteforcomputerenthusiastsandpowerusers.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Companies Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. LearnmoreaboutTeams HowtoconvertmultiplefilesencodedinUTF-8-BOMtoANSI? AskQuestion Asked 1year,7monthsago Modified 1year,7monthsago Viewed 2ktimes -1 I'mtryingtoconvertmultiplefilesthatareencodedinUTF-8-BOMbacktoANSI. IfoundoutthatwithPowershellusingthiscommand: PS>get-itemc:\temp\utf8\*.*|foreach-object{get-content-Encodingutf8BOM$_|out-file("c:\temp\ansi\"+$_.Name)-encodingdefault} Itisworking,buttheproblemisthatitdoesnotsupportISO-8859-2. Characterslikeăorâaredisplayedcorrectly,butcharacterslikeţorşaredisplayedasquestionsmarks. Iwouldliketheoutputtobecorrectinbothcases. IfPowershellit'snotthesolution,whatelsedoyouguysrecommend? powershellencodingunicodeansi Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedMar1,2021at18:13 PatrickMevzek 1,53244goldbadges1515silverbadges2222bronzebadges askedFeb28,2021at20:53 zickzick 111bronzebadge 1 1 DidyoutellittouseISO-8859-2ordoyouexpectittoguessforeveryfile? – user1686 Feb28,2021at21:27 Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 0 IfyouhavealetterthatisencodedinUTF-8-BOMbutisnotincludedinANSI,theconversionwillfail. AreyouawarethatANSIcodesfitintoonebytewhereUTF-8canuseuptofourbytes? 1.3.20210:11MEZ: YourconversionfromUTF-8toANSIcanonlyworkifthelettersinUTF8usedarepartofANSI. Lookhere:"Neutralchessking" https://www.utf8-zeichentabelle.de/unicode-utf8-table.pl ThereisnoANSIcodeforthisUTFletter. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedFeb28,2021at23:16 answeredFeb28,2021at22:54 r2d3r2d3 2,27211goldbadge66silverbadges1818bronzebadges 1 IknowasoftwarethatisabletoencodeUTF-8-BOMtoANSIandsaveallthecharacterswithnoissues,butislackingbatchmode.Ididin'tknowwhatyousaidaboutANSIcodes,IonlyknowthatoneparticularsoftwareisabletochangeandIwaslookingforsomethingtoworkfasterwith. – zick Feb28,2021at23:06 Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoSuperUser!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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