Unable to display a file encoded in ISO-8859-9 to the terminal
0
In short: How can I display a file to the terminal that is not encoded in UTF-8?
Currently, I have a test file encoded in ISO-8859-9 and containing the following 12 characters:
ğüşıöçĞÜŞİÖÇ
The hex contents of the file is like this:
F0FCFEFDF6E7D0DCDEDDD6C7
When I try to display this file to the terminal, I get:
������������
I guess this is because, my current locale is defined like this:
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ALL=
However, I installed the Turkish locale to the system:
$ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
en_GB
en_GB.iso88591
en_GB.iso885915
en_GB.utf8
en_US
en_US.iso88591
en_US.iso885915
en_US.utf8
POSIX
tr_TR
tr_TR.iso88599
tr_TR.utf8
turkish
So, I want to temporarily change the display language with the following:
$ export LC_ALL=tr_TR.iso88599
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_CTYPE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_NUMERIC="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_TIME="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_COLLATE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MONETARY="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MESSAGES="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_PAPER="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_NAME="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_ADDRESS="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_TELEPHONE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MEASUREMENT="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_ALL=tr_TR.iso88599
$ cat a.txt
������������
But, I still get the question marks.
command-line locale encoding character-set iconv
asked Mar 15 at 11:02
FedonKadifeliFedonKadifeli
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In short: How can I display a file to the terminal that is not encoded in UTF-8?
Currently, I have a test file encoded in ISO-8859-9 and containing the following 12 characters:
ğüşıöçĞÜŞİÖÇ
The hex contents of the file is like this:
F0FCFEFDF6E7D0DCDEDDD6C7
When I try to display this file to the terminal, I get:
������������
I guess this is because, my current locale is defined like this:
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ALL=
However, I installed the Turkish locale to the system:
$ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
en_GB
en_GB.iso88591
en_GB.iso885915
en_GB.utf8
en_US
en_US.iso88591
en_US.iso885915
en_US.utf8
POSIX
tr_TR
tr_TR.iso88599
tr_TR.utf8
turkish
So, I want to temporarily change the display language with the following:
$ export LC_ALL=tr_TR.iso88599
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_CTYPE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_NUMERIC="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_TIME="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_COLLATE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MONETARY="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MESSAGES="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_PAPER="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_NAME="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_ADDRESS="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_TELEPHONE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MEASUREMENT="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_ALL=tr_TR.iso88599
$ cat a.txt
������������
But, I still get the question marks.
command-line locale encoding character-set iconv
asked Mar 15 at 11:02
FedonKadifeliFedonKadifeli
86
1
I'm guessing here - but have you triediconv? e.g.iconv -f ISO-8859-9 -t utf-8//translit test-file
– steeldriver
Mar 15 at 11:09
No. I do not want to convert the output. I just want it to be displayed in correct format. The only solution I found out so far is to change the Terminal's character Encoding to "Turkish - ISO-8859-9" (under Compatibility). Changing the locale seems to have no effect.
– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 15:41
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In short: How can I display a file to the terminal that is not encoded in UTF-8?
Currently, I have a test file encoded in ISO-8859-9 and containing the following 12 characters:
ğüşıöçĞÜŞİÖÇ
The hex contents of the file is like this:
F0FCFEFDF6E7D0DCDEDDD6C7
When I try to display this file to the terminal, I get:
������������
I guess this is because, my current locale is defined like this:
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ALL=
However, I installed the Turkish locale to the system:
$ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
en_GB
en_GB.iso88591
en_GB.iso885915
en_GB.utf8
en_US
en_US.iso88591
en_US.iso885915
en_US.utf8
POSIX
tr_TR
tr_TR.iso88599
tr_TR.utf8
turkish
So, I want to temporarily change the display language with the following:
$ export LC_ALL=tr_TR.iso88599
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_CTYPE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_NUMERIC="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_TIME="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_COLLATE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MONETARY="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MESSAGES="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_PAPER="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_NAME="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_ADDRESS="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_TELEPHONE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MEASUREMENT="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_ALL=tr_TR.iso88599
$ cat a.txt
������������
But, I still get the question marks.
command-line locale encoding character-set iconv
asked Mar 15 at 11:02
FedonKadifeliFedonKadifeli
86
In short: How can I display a file to the terminal that is not encoded in UTF-8?
Currently, I have a test file encoded in ISO-8859-9 and containing the following 12 characters:
ğüşıöçĞÜŞİÖÇ
The hex contents of the file is like this:
F0FCFEFDF6E7D0DCDEDDD6C7
When I try to display this file to the terminal, I get:
������������
I guess this is because, my current locale is defined like this:
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ALL=
However, I installed the Turkish locale to the system:
$ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
en_GB
en_GB.iso88591
en_GB.iso885915
en_GB.utf8
en_US
en_US.iso88591
en_US.iso885915
en_US.utf8
POSIX
tr_TR
tr_TR.iso88599
tr_TR.utf8
turkish
So, I want to temporarily change the display language with the following:
$ export LC_ALL=tr_TR.iso88599
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_CTYPE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_NUMERIC="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_TIME="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_COLLATE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MONETARY="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MESSAGES="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_PAPER="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_NAME="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_ADDRESS="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_TELEPHONE="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_MEASUREMENT="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="tr_TR.iso88599"
LC_ALL=tr_TR.iso88599
$ cat a.txt
������������
But, I still get the question marks.
command-line locale encoding character-set iconv
command-line locale encoding character-set iconv
asked Mar 15 at 11:02
FedonKadifeliFedonKadifeli
86
asked Mar 15 at 11:02
FedonKadifeliFedonKadifeli
86
edited Mar 15 at 16:13
FedonKadifeli
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1
I'm guessing here - but have you triediconv? e.g.iconv -f ISO-8859-9 -t utf-8//translit test-file
– steeldriver
Mar 15 at 11:09
No. I do not want to convert the output. I just want it to be displayed in correct format. The only solution I found out so far is to change the Terminal's character Encoding to "Turkish - ISO-8859-9" (under Compatibility). Changing the locale seems to have no effect.
– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 15:41
add a comment |
1
I'm guessing here - but have you triediconv? e.g.iconv -f ISO-8859-9 -t utf-8//translit test-file
– steeldriver
Mar 15 at 11:09
No. I do not want to convert the output. I just want it to be displayed in correct format. The only solution I found out so far is to change the Terminal's character Encoding to "Turkish - ISO-8859-9" (under Compatibility). Changing the locale seems to have no effect.
– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 15:41
1
1
I'm guessing here - but have you tried
iconv? e.g. iconv -f ISO-8859-9 -t utf-8//translit test-file– steeldriver
Mar 15 at 11:09
I'm guessing here - but have you tried
iconv? e.g. iconv -f ISO-8859-9 -t utf-8//translit test-file– steeldriver
Mar 15 at 11:09
No. I do not want to convert the output. I just want it to be displayed in correct format. The only solution I found out so far is to change the Terminal's character Encoding to "Turkish - ISO-8859-9" (under Compatibility). Changing the locale seems to have no effect.
– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 15:41
No. I do not want to convert the output. I just want it to be displayed in correct format. The only solution I found out so far is to change the Terminal's character Encoding to "Turkish - ISO-8859-9" (under Compatibility). Changing the locale seems to have no effect.
– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 15:41
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You can use the iconv utility (note: it does not convert the file in-place; the converted output is displayed in the terminal unless you redirect it elsewhere).
Ex.
$ file file.ISO-8859-9
file.ISO-8859-9: ISO-8859 text
$ cat file.ISO-8859-9
������������
$ iconv -f ISO-8859-9 -t utf-8//translit file.ISO-8859-9
ğüşıöçĞÜŞİÖÇ
answered Mar 15 at 15:53
steeldriversteeldriver
70k11114186
Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. I may need to create a short script or command alias to easily access the iconv command as you suggested. My initial thought of just changing the locale to something liketr_TR.iso88599seems be wrong.
– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 16:09
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You can use the iconv utility (note: it does not convert the file in-place; the converted output is displayed in the terminal unless you redirect it elsewhere).
Ex.
$ file file.ISO-8859-9
file.ISO-8859-9: ISO-8859 text
$ cat file.ISO-8859-9
������������
$ iconv -f ISO-8859-9 -t utf-8//translit file.ISO-8859-9
ğüşıöçĞÜŞİÖÇ
answered Mar 15 at 15:53
steeldriversteeldriver
70k11114186
Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. I may need to create a short script or command alias to easily access the iconv command as you suggested. My initial thought of just changing the locale to something liketr_TR.iso88599seems be wrong.
– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 16:09
add a comment |
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You can use the iconv utility (note: it does not convert the file in-place; the converted output is displayed in the terminal unless you redirect it elsewhere).
Ex.
$ file file.ISO-8859-9
file.ISO-8859-9: ISO-8859 text
$ cat file.ISO-8859-9
������������
$ iconv -f ISO-8859-9 -t utf-8//translit file.ISO-8859-9
ğüşıöçĞÜŞİÖÇ
answered Mar 15 at 15:53
steeldriversteeldriver
70k11114186
Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. I may need to create a short script or command alias to easily access the iconv command as you suggested. My initial thought of just changing the locale to something liketr_TR.iso88599seems be wrong.
– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 16:09
add a comment |
0
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You can use the iconv utility (note: it does not convert the file in-place; the converted output is displayed in the terminal unless you redirect it elsewhere).
Ex.
$ file file.ISO-8859-9
file.ISO-8859-9: ISO-8859 text
$ cat file.ISO-8859-9
������������
$ iconv -f ISO-8859-9 -t utf-8//translit file.ISO-8859-9
ğüşıöçĞÜŞİÖÇ
answered Mar 15 at 15:53
steeldriversteeldriver
70k11114186
You can use the iconv utility (note: it does not convert the file in-place; the converted output is displayed in the terminal unless you redirect it elsewhere).
Ex.
$ file file.ISO-8859-9
file.ISO-8859-9: ISO-8859 text
$ cat file.ISO-8859-9
������������
$ iconv -f ISO-8859-9 -t utf-8//translit file.ISO-8859-9
ğüşıöçĞÜŞİÖÇ
answered Mar 15 at 15:53
steeldriversteeldriver
70k11114186
answered Mar 15 at 15:53
steeldriversteeldriver
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answered Mar 15 at 15:53
steeldriversteeldriver
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answered Mar 15 at 15:53
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Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. I may need to create a short script or command alias to easily access the iconv command as you suggested. My initial thought of just changing the locale to something liketr_TR.iso88599seems be wrong.
– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 16:09
add a comment |
Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. I may need to create a short script or command alias to easily access the iconv command as you suggested. My initial thought of just changing the locale to something liketr_TR.iso88599seems be wrong.
– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 16:09
Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. I may need to create a short script or command alias to easily access the iconv command as you suggested. My initial thought of just changing the locale to something like
tr_TR.iso88599 seems be wrong.– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 16:09
Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. I may need to create a short script or command alias to easily access the iconv command as you suggested. My initial thought of just changing the locale to something like
tr_TR.iso88599 seems be wrong.– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 16:09
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I'm guessing here - but have you tried
iconv? e.g.iconv -f ISO-8859-9 -t utf-8//translit test-file– steeldriver
Mar 15 at 11:09
No. I do not want to convert the output. I just want it to be displayed in correct format. The only solution I found out so far is to change the Terminal's character Encoding to "Turkish - ISO-8859-9" (under Compatibility). Changing the locale seems to have no effect.
– FedonKadifeli
Mar 15 at 15:41