#!/bin/sh while [ ! -z $1 ] ; do tmpfile=$(mktemp eressea.XXX) iconv -f latin1 -t utf-8 < $1 | \ perl -pe 's/ß/ss/; s/ä/ae/; s/ü/ue/; s/ö/oe/;' \ > $tmpfile && \mv $tmpfile $1 file $1 shift 1 done