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  1. smccutchen created this gist Jan 4, 2017.
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    # 2016-2017 Soverance Studios.
    # Scott McCutchen

    # This file will search all files and folders within a given directory, and use Notepad++ to convert their encoding to UTF-8 without Byte Order Marks
    #
    # This file must be run using the PythonScript plugin from within Notepad++, which is available through the Notepad++ Plugin Manager
    #
    # You must have Python 2.7 installed
    #
    # Additionally, this script can only exist and be run from within the Notepad++ user's working directory, the default of which is here:
    # Note that selecting "New Script" from within the PythonScript plugin will automatically default to this save location

    # .. USER DIRECTORY\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config\PythonScript\scripts

    import os;
    import sys;
    from Npp import notepad

    filePathSrc="U:\\UnrealEngine\\Ethereal\\Source\\Ethereal" # Path to the folder with files to convert

    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(filePathSrc):
    for fn in files:
    if fn[-2:] == '.h' or fn[-4:] == '.cpp': # Specify file types, taking care to change the fn[number] to correspond to length of the file's extension including the .
    notepad.open(root + "\\" + fn)
    notepad.runMenuCommand("Encoding", "Encode in ANSI")
    notepad.runMenuCommand("Encoding", "Convert to UTF-8")
    notepad.save()
    notepad.close()