CODEWITHSUNDEEP
batch-file
user1560022
user1560022

Reputation:

Batch unicode support?

How do I add unicode support in my batch file? I tried saving it as unicode and utf-8 but it still doesn't display foreign text properly. Example file:

@echo off
echo привет
pause

Upvotes: 0

Views: 343

Answers (1)

Jacob Seleznev
Jacob Seleznev

Reputation: 8151

From Wikipedia

The active OEM code page can be changed by the MS-DOS chcp command, but this will not display correctly unless you switch from the default raster font to Lucida Console. Raster fonts do not support non-system-wide changing of the code page.

If your batch file is in UTF-8, try executing chcp 65001 before your batch file (65001=CP_UTF8) and change font to Lucida Console.

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions