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Se7en
Se7en

Reputation: 443

Change Unicode to UTF-8 | PowerShell script

When I use Write-Host in my PowerShell script, the output looks like this: ????? ?????.

This happens because I'm entering strings in Arabic with Write-Host, and it seems that PowerShell doesn't support Arabic...

How do I print text using Write-Host, but in unicode UTF-8 (which supports Arabic).

Example: Write-Host "مرحباً بالعالم" The output in this case will be: ????? ?????

Any solutions?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3644

Answers (1)

ninMonkey
ninMonkey

Reputation: 7501

Fixed

You need to set a font that supports those characters. Like Cascadia Code PL

Note: The non-PL version didn't work, so get the PL one.

You might have to set the console encoding as well. Unless you really need a different encoding, default to utf8 is a good idea.

$OutputEncoding = [console]::InputEncoding = [console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.UTF8Encoding]::new()

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I didn't actually need wt here, I'd suggest it. windowsterminal is a modern term, which is now an inbox app. Meaning it's default on windows going forward.

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There's utf8 that doesn't work on the term, that wt supports (both using the cascadia code pl font

Upvotes: 2

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