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locale> '''pt_PT.iso88591''' | locale> '''pt_PT.iso88591''' | ||
> LC_ALL='''pt_PT.iso88591''' locale charmap | > LC_ALL='''pt_PT.iso88591''' locale charmap | ||
| − | charmap> ISO-8859-1 | + | charmap> '''ISO-8859-1''' |
===Changing your LANG environment variable=== | ===Changing your LANG environment variable=== | ||
> sudo vim /etc/profile | > sudo vim /etc/profile | ||
| − | /etc/profile>export LANG= | + | /etc/profile>export LANG='''pt_PT.ISO-8859-1''' |
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Latest revision as of 17:29, 16 February 2009
Encoding can be relevant when reading an ASCII input with special characters. In particular, from a unix shell, it's relevant that the right encoding be set on your terminal.
Bash
Finding out correct LANG environment variables
> locale -a | grep pt locale> pt_PT.iso88591 > LC_ALL=pt_PT.iso88591 locale charmap charmap> ISO-8859-1
Changing your LANG environment variable
> sudo vim /etc/profile /etc/profile>export LANG=pt_PT.ISO-8859-1
