Batch file encoding

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I would like to deal with filename containing strange characters, like the French é.

Everything is working fine in the shell:

C:\somedir\>ren -hélice hélice

I know if I put this line in a .bat file, I obtain the following result:

C:\somedir\>ren -hÚlice hÚlice

See ? é have been replaced by Ú.

The same is true for command output. If I dir some directory in the shell, the output is fine. If I redirect this output to a file, some characters are transformed.

So how can I tell cmd.exe how to interpret what appears as an é in my batch file, is really an é and not a Ú or a comma?

So there is no way when executing a .bat file to give an hint about the codepage in which it was written?

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6 Answers

I had polish signs inside the code in R (eg. ą, ę, ź, ż etc.) and had the problem while running this R script with .bat file (in the output file .Rout instead of those signs there were signs like %, &, # etc. and the code didn't run to the end).

My solution:

  1. Save R script with encoding: File > Save with encoding > CP1250
  2. Run .bat file

It worked for me but if there is still the problem, try to use the other encodings.

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In Visual Studio Code, click on the encoding at the bottom, choose Save with encoding, then DOS(CP437).

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