title: Is it possible to run a SQLPLUS script on a file encoded as UTF-8 with BOM
body: <p>I'm trying to run a collection of scripts which have been auto-generated from a large number of sources.  Unfortunately some of these have been generated as UTF-8 with BOM.  I have in place a system for automatically removing the BOM, but its a bit of a messy process.</p>
  
  <p>Failing to remove the BOM generates the error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SP2-0042: unknown command "ï»¿" - rest of line ignored.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is it possible to run SQLPLUS on a script file which has a BOM?</p>