Hi Vincent,

On 2020-04-22 16:29:49, you wrote to Paul Hayton:

 VC> This file has the first 3 characters that are NOT normal text.

 VC> They are in fact (in hex)  : ef bb bf

 VC> The first 16 chars are (in Hex and display form) :

 VC> 00000000  ef bb bf 53 55 42 4a 20  4d 4f 44 2d 55 50 44 0d  |...SUBJ
 VC> MOD-UPD.|

 VC> The dots give the clue but the hex chars ef bb bf are not A- Z, a - z, 0 -
 VC> 9 and space etc.

 VC> Only use a text editor and not a word processor type editor.

It's this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark#UTF-8

Since your on linux it should be easy to filter them out in your scripts:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/381230/how-can-i-remove-the-bom-from-a
-utf-8-file


Bye, Wilfred.

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