Package: exim4-config Version: 4.92-6 Severity: wishlist File: /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-config.config
$ set /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-config.config
$ iconv -f latin1 -t utf8 $@ | diff $@ - | wc
14 242 1770
Emacs says your file is Devangari.
chromium gets it wrong too.
file(1) says it is ISO-8859. Bingo.
Anyway you could accomplish the same thing entirely in ASCII:
perl -pwle 's/\x.../.../g'
