problems changing character encoding of files

[Hiisi]

> > I tried
> > $ iconv -f utf8 -t koi8 one_of_files
>
> Convert from utf8 to koi8?  Isn't that the opposite of what you want?
> The default encoding for Fedora is usually UTF-8.  Usually, you'd
> convert foreign files to the local one, so you can edit them without
> hassles.
>
> > Is there a way to change encoding for every file in the folder?
>
> Using the iconv command in a script would appear to be the way.
>
>
You've caught me! Filling like an idiot! Am I?
$ whoami
IDIOT!
Damn! It's just not my day today!
'iconv -f koi8 -t utf8 kant6112.out' does the task.
Thanks, Tim!
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