Trying to convert subtitles with characters (accented) possibly changed by the opensubtitles. Converting only the lowercase letters is ok $cat legenda1.srt | tr 'AЯЖЗсржьзнЩКу' 'AÀÊÔãáéíóôúÇç' > teste.srt With the capital letters of invalid code page $cat legenda1.srt | tr '├┴┬╔' 'ÃÁÂÉ' > teste2.srt subritle anexo http://www.cdef.com.br/ http://www.cdef.com.br/busca/ http://www.mamaeebebeabordo.com.br/ http://www.lostinchicklit.com.br/ http://msteffensillustrations.blogspot.com.br/