utf8 in fromxsf - inconsistent output

Hello. I have an issue with the -utf8 switch not working consistently for the fromxsf command.

My input data contains a section sign: §.

I am running this command on the DIV composed from that data: fromxsf -utf8 -cd $DIVpath $OUTfile

For one of my DIVs, the section sign outputs as "§". For another DIV, it outputs as unicode - i.e. "§";

If I switch the data around between these DIVs, one still consistently outputs "§" and the other consistently outputs "§".

I can only conclude the issue is not with the data but instead there is something in the "bad" DIV that does not recognize the -utf8 switch.

Any ideas why this is happening?

All help is appreciated.

Thank you.

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