public static int Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine();
if (args.Length != 1)
{
Console.WriteLine("Usage: TextEncodingDetect.exe <filename>");
return 1;
}
// Read in the file in binary
byte[] buffer;
try
{
buffer = File.ReadAllBytes(args[0]);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
return 1;
}
// Detect encoding
var textDetect = new TextEncodingDetect();
TextEncodingDetect.Encoding encoding = textDetect.DetectEncoding(buffer, buffer.Length);
Console.Write("Encoding: ");
if (encoding == TextEncodingDetect.Encoding.None)
{
Console.WriteLine("Binary");
}
else if (encoding == TextEncodingDetect.Encoding.Ascii)
{
Console.WriteLine("ASCII (chars in the 0-127 range)");
}
else if (encoding == TextEncodingDetect.Encoding.Ansi)
{
Console.WriteLine("ANSI (chars in the range 0-255 range)");
}
else if (encoding == TextEncodingDetect.Encoding.Utf8Bom || encoding == TextEncodingDetect.Encoding.Utf8Nobom)
{
Console.WriteLine("UTF-8");
}
else if (encoding == TextEncodingDetect.Encoding.Utf16LeBom || encoding == TextEncodingDetect.Encoding.Utf16LeNoBom)
{
Console.WriteLine("UTF-16 Little Endian");
}
else if (encoding == TextEncodingDetect.Encoding.Utf16BeBom || encoding == TextEncodingDetect.Encoding.Utf16BeNoBom)
{
Console.WriteLine("UTF-16 Big Endian");
}
return 0;
}
