Powershell: Convert each file in folder to UTF-8 csv - excel

Question

I need a script to convert excel to csv format UTF-8. I think it can be done on Powershell, but I can’t. Can you see where the error is? Thank you very much in advance.
$configFiles = Get-ChildItem "c:\HR\test"
foreach ($file in $configFiles) {
$a = -join ("c:\HR\test", "\", $file)
Get-Content $a | Set-Content -path -Encoding utf8 $a
}

Answer 1

You can use Doug Finke's awesome module to get this done: https://github.com/dfinke/ImportExcel
To install it:
Install-Module ImportExcel
Then you can do something like this. Note that Out-File has a few different encoding options for UTF8: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/out-file?view=powershell-5.1#parameters
param(
$excelFilesDir = (Get-ChildItem $PSScriptRoot\excel_files),
$csvFilesDir = "$PSScriptRoot\csv_files"
)
# NOTE: I had to supply the path to the module on my system. You may not have to.
Import-Module "<ABSOLUTE>:\<PATH>\<TO>\<MODULE>\ImportExcel" -Force
# Import-Module ImportExcel
if ( (Test-Path -Path $csvFilesDir) -eq $false) {
New-Item -Path $csvFilesDir -ItemType Directory -Force
}
foreach ($file in $excelFilesDir) {
Import-Excel $file.FullName | `
ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation | `
Out-File -FilePath "$csvFilesDir\$($file.Name)" -Encoding utf8 -Force
}