C:\Users\Bill\forums\monks>xxd savedfile 00000000: 3132 3334 202d 2046 6f6f 0d0a 3536 3737 1234 - Foo..5677 00000010: 3820 9620 4261 720d 0a39 3939 392e 2042 8 . Bar..9999. B 00000020: 617a 0d0a az.. C:\Users\Bill\forums\monks>iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t utf-8 savedfile > outfile.txt C:\Users\Bill\forums\monks>xxd outfile.txt 00000000: 3132 3334 202d 2046 6f6f 0d0a 3536 3737 1234 - Foo..5677 00000010: 3820 c296 2042 6172 0d0a 3939 3939 2e20 8 .. Bar..9999. 00000020: 4261 7a0d 0a Baz.. C:\Users\Bill\forums\monks>iconv -f CP1252 -t utf-8 savedfile > outfile.txt C:\Users\Bill\forums\monks>xxd outfile.txt 00000000: 3132 3334 202d 2046 6f6f 0d0a 3536 3737 1234 - Foo..5677 00000010: 3820 e280 9320 4261 720d 0a39 3939 392e 8 ... Bar..9999. 00000020: 2042 617a 0d0a Baz..