encoding-checker

A Windows PowerShell script to detect no UTF-8 files.

Fully compatible with CI/CD pipelines on any orchestrator with Windows PowerShell tasks available.

Parameters

• -path: path to scan. Mandatory.
• -only: If present, determines the file types to check (by extension).
• -exclude: If present, determines the file types to exclude from checking (by extension).
• -showall: If present, shows the full list of scanned files.
• -timeout: If present, set the timeout to deep detection method for each file to check.
• -ignorewarning: If present, the script will continue when files with undetermined encoding are detected.
• -resultspath: If present, the scan results are saved into the specified file.

Usage examples

.\encoding-checker.ps1 -path 'E:\Development\encoding-checker\test files\'

.\encoding-checker.ps1 -path 'E:\Development\encoding-checker\test files\' -showall

.\encoding-checker.ps1 -path 'E:\Desarrollo\encoding-checker\test files\' -only txt,css,html

.\encoding-checker.ps1 -path 'E:\Development\encoding-checker\test files\', 'E:\Another\path\to scan\'

CI/CD pipeline example (Azure DevOps)

Configuring the pipeline:

Results: