<U+FEFF> character showing up in files. How to remove them?

1) In your terminal, open the file using vim: vim file_name. 2) Remove all BOM characters: :set nobomb. 3) Save the file: :wq. // taken from:. Skiptocontent Allgists BacktoGitHub Signin Signup Sign in Sign up {{message}} Instantlysharecode,notes,andsnippets. szydan/gist:b225749445b3602083ed LastactiveJul11,2022 Star 29 Fork 6 Star Code Revisions 2 Stars 29 Forks 6 Embed Whatwouldyouliketodo? Embed Embedthisgistinyourwebsite. Share Copysharablelinkforthisgist. Clonevia HTTPS ClonewithGitorcheckoutwithSVNusingtherepository’swebaddress. LearnmoreaboutcloneURLs DownloadZIP charactershowingupinfiles.Howtoremovethem? Raw gistfile1.txt ThisfilecontainsbidirectionalUnicodetextthatmaybeinterpretedorcompileddifferentlythanwhatappearsbelow.Toreview,openthefileinaneditorthatrevealshiddenUnicodecharacters. LearnmoreaboutbidirectionalUnicodecharacters Showhiddencharacters 1)Inyourterminal,openthefileusingvim: vimfile_name 2)RemoveallBOMcharacters: :setnobomb 3)Savethefile: :wq //takenfrom: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7297888/ufeff-character-showing-up-in-files-how-to-remove-them Anotherrecipeusingawk http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1068650/using-awk-to-remove-the-byte-order-mark awk'{if(NR==1)sub(/^\xef\xbb\xbf/,"");print}'INFILE>OUTFILE Copylink Sebastian-D commented Dec8,2016 Thishelpedme. Thevimmethoddidnotwork.Theawkrecipeonlyremoves(orasitisshowninvim)fromthefirstcolumn.ImodifiedittoremoveALL awk'{gsub(/\xef\xbb\xbf/,"");print}'INFILE>OUTFILE Sorry,somethingwentwrong. Copylink joshuapinter commented Dec24,2017 SeethisStackOverflowAnswerforabetterplaceforthisinformation:https://stackoverflow.com/a/15137601/293280 Sorry,somethingwentwrong. Copylink mmichael0413 commented Sep26,2018 Workedperfectly,thankyou! Sorry,somethingwentwrong. Copylink henadzit commented Oct21,2018 Thankyou! Sorry,somethingwentwrong. Copylink gustavoghioldi commented Oct1,2019 thanks@Sebastian-D Sorry,somethingwentwrong. Copylink apfalz commented Feb21,2020 thankyouforthis. Sorry,somethingwentwrong. Copylink rajanverma-me commented Apr15,2020 Aquickmethodifyoudon;twanttogointocode.Justcopythefilecontentandpasteitingedit(ornotepad)editor.Copythesamecontentagainfromeditorandreplaceinoriginalfile.Youwillgetthecleanfile. Sorry,somethingwentwrong. Copylink topsailor102 commented Apr30,2020 Thanksalot! Sorry,somethingwentwrong. Copylink richistron commented May13,2021 youareaFuckinglegend! Sorry,somethingwentwrong. Signupforfree tojointhisconversationonGitHub. Alreadyhaveanaccount? Signintocomment Youcan’tperformthatactionatthistime. Yousignedinwithanothertaborwindow.Reloadtorefreshyoursession. Yousignedoutinanothertaborwindow.Reloadtorefreshyoursession.