Change file encoding in linux with iconv

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Loop recursively through all files in a directory matching a pattern and then change their encoding with iconv.
 

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#!/bin/bash

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find /Path/To/Files -name \*.xxx -type f | \

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    (while read file; do

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        iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF8 "$file" > "${file%.xxx}-utf8.xxx";

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