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A CSV test file encoded in UTF-8 without BOM

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utf8.csv

File info

File Format CSV
File Size 659 B(659 bytes)
MIME Type text/csv
MD5 b93dfc100268c43f19086f7a42477afb
SHA-1 dfed7dd526d243a829e033de9501fe69cd4645eb
SHA-256 f370fb2a1a79303dc985bcb46abaf43eb471fcdf14d4e186039561f33584e44d

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curl -O https://devlab.itlibra.com/files/encoding/utf8/utf8.csv
wget
wget https://devlab.itlibra.com/files/encoding/utf8/utf8.csv
PowerShell
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://devlab.itlibra.com/files/encoding/utf8/utf8.csv" -OutFile "utf8.csv"

About this file

A CSV for testing character-encoding detection and conversion. It contains Japanese names and addresses, so it exercises the same conditions as real business data.

Mojibake happens only when the encoding the reader assumes differs from the file's actual encoding. UTF-8 with and without a BOM behave differently in Excel, and Shift_JIS versus CP932 differ in how they treat vendor-specific characters such as circled numerals and Roman numerals. Run all four variants and check you get identical results.

FAQ

Is this file free to use?
Yes — fully free and no signup required. Use it for any commercial or non-commercial test/verification purpose.
What is inside the file?
Dummy data generated for testing — sized to match the listed size exactly.
What are the hash values for?
Verify integrity after download or use them as test data for hashing libraries.