Check CSV BOM Using Bash

calendar2022-03-21 · 1 min read · csv utf8 bom bash  ·
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BOM or Byte-Order-Mark is needed by a UTF-8 CSV in order to be opened in Excel (at least for Windows).

How to check if said BOM exist using bash? See below:

1~$ head -c3 samplefile.csv | hexdump -C
200000000  ef bb bf                                          |...|
300000003

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