Question

What’s the easiest way to convert XML from UTF16 to a UTF8 encoded file?

Answer 1

This may not be the most optimal, but it works. Simply load the xml and push it back out to a file. the xml heading is lost though, so this has to be re-added.

$files = get-ChildItem '*.xml' foreach ( $file in $files ) {     [System.Xml.XmlDocument]$doc = new-object System.Xml.XmlDocument;     $doc.set_PreserveWhiteSpace( $true );     $doc.Load( $file );      $root = $doc.get_DocumentElement();     $xml = $root.get_outerXml();     $xml = '<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>' + $xml      $newFile = $file.Name + '.new'     Set-Content -Encoding UTF8 $newFile $xml; }