Question

I have a requirement where a client will supply properties file in arabic where i have to convert the file(arabic.properties) to unicode. The file contains more than 500 lines.please help me to write the code to convert “arabic character” to “unicode character”.

Answer 1

Using command line go to Java folder, and write:

\Java\bin>native2ascii -encoding utf-8 Labels_ar.txt Labels_ar.properties

UPDATE
Not sure what exactly you mean by not proper, but try this scenario:
Open notepad and write something in Arabic: let’s say:

MyLabel = تجربه1

Then save it as test.txt and make sure to choose UTF-8 from Encoding.

Now from the command line:

native2ascii -encoding utf-8 test.txt test_ar.properties

Now test_ar.properties contain:

MyLabel = \u062a\u062c\u0631\u0628\u06471

Notice, sometimes native2ascii might add \ufeff as the first character in the file. You will need to remove it manually if you found it.