How to see if a file is ASCII or UTF8 etc

How to see if a file is ASCII or UTF8 etc

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    Feb 24, 2007#1

    I am sure I am missing something but how do I tell if a file is ASCII/UTF8 etc? I can see if it is DOS or UNIX at the bottom of the screen. I can save it as ASCII or UTF8 but I cannot see how to tell what the file is when I open it.


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      Feb 24, 2007#2

      You have seen already that the second box in the status bar at bottom of the UltraEdit/UEStudio window shows you which line terminator the current file has: DOS, UNIX or MAC.

      This box shows you also the encoding. Here is a complete list for DOS terminated files:

      DOS ... ASCII/ANSI - no encoding = no encoding info!
      U-DOS ... Unicode Little Endian UTF-16 LE
      UBE-DOS ... Unicode Big Endian UTF-16 BE
      U8-DOS ... Unicode UTF-8
      UESC-DOS ... ASCII Escaped Unicode
      Best regards from an UC/UE/UES for Windows user from Austria

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        Feb 24, 2007#3

        Thank You! from Colorado