FileInfo

FileInfo detects encoding from strings and files using the wonderful Unix file command.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'fileinfo'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install fileinfo

Usage

Use FileInfo.parse with a string:

FileInfo.parse('foo bar baz').encoding # => #<Encoding:US-ASCII>
FileInfo.parse('föø bår bàz').encoding # => #<Encoding:UTF-8>

Use FileInfo.load with a filename:

filename = '/Users/rafbm/Downloads/some_crap_coming_from_windows.csv'
FileInfo.load(filename).encoding # => #<Encoding:ISO-8859-1>

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

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© 2013 Rafaël Blais Masson. FileInfo is released under the MIT license.