diff --git a/dev/findutf8bom.sh b/dev/findutf8bom.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Checks if files contains UTF-8 BOM
+# in dolibarr source tree excluding
+# git repository, custom modules and incuded libraries
+#
+# Raphaël Doursenaud - rdoursenaud@gpcsolutions.fr
+grep -rlI \
+--exclude-dir='.git' --exclude-dir='includes' --exclude-dir='custom' \
+$'\xEF\xBB\xBF' .
diff --git a/dev/findutf8bomincludes.sh b/dev/findutf8bomincludes.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Checks if files contains UTF-8 BOM
+# in dolibarr includes tree excluding
+# git repository
+#
+# Raphaël Doursenaud - rdoursenaud@gpcsolutions.fr
+grep -rlI \
+--exclude-dir='.git' \
+$'\xEF\xBB\xBF' htdocs/includes
diff --git a/dev/removeutf8bom.sh b/dev/removeutf8bom.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Removes UTF-8 BOM from a file list on STDIN
+# Use by piping the output of a findutf8bom script
+#
+# Raphaël Doursenaud - rdoursenaud@gpcsolutions.fr
+while read f; do
+	echo "Fixing $f"
+	sed -i '1s/^\xEF\xBB\xBF//' $f
+done