How do I remove  from the beginning of a file?

Question

I have a CSS file that looks fine when I open it using gedit, but when it\'s read by PHP (to merge all the CSS files into one), this CSS has the following characters prepend

Answer 1

For those with shell access here is a little command to find all files with the BOM set in the public_html directory - be sure to change it to what your correct path on your server is

Code:

grep -rl $'\xEF\xBB\xBF' /home/username/public_html

and if you are comfortable with the vi editor, open the file in vi:

vi /path-to-file-name/file.php

And enter the command to remove the BOM:

set nobomb

Save the file:

wq