in reply to Re^3: How to check the encoding format of an XML
in thread How to check the encoding format of an XML

Or using the open pragma 
perl -Mopen=:std,IN,:raw:perlio:encoding(UTF-16le),OUT,:raw:perlio:enc
+oding(UTF-8) -pe 1 < file.xml > file.utf8.xml

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