Create .nfo file in ISO-8859-1 or UTF-8


 
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# 1  
Old 01-10-2017
Create .nfo file in ISO-8859-1 or UTF-8

Hey guys,

I have a little problem,

Let's say I create this script :

Code:
#!/bin/sh
nfo_file="/home/admin/info.nfo"
echo "▒▒█ Hello █▒▒" > $nfo_file

It seems to be okay :
Code:
cat /home/admin/info.nfo
▒▒█ Hello █▒▒

Code:
file -bi /home/admin/info.nfo
text/plain; charset=utf-8

But when I open it in a Windows computer, using notepad++ i.e., this is what it output :

Code:
ΓûÆΓûÆΓûê Hello ΓûêΓûÆΓûÆ

What can I do for it to work?

I tried this :

Code:
iconv -f utf8 -t iso88591//translit sample.nfo -o sample2.nfo
Ouput on Windows : ??? Hello ???

Code:
iconv -f utf8 -t utf8//translit sample.nfo -o sample2.nfo
Ouput on Windows : ΓûÆΓûÆΓûê Hello ΓûêΓûÆΓûÆ

Thanks for the help.

Antoine L.
# 2  
Old 01-10-2017
There doesn't seem to be an equivalent of those UTF-8 characters in the iso8859-1 character encoding that iconv knows of. Can you switch that windows computer to UTF-8? Can you replace the chars manually?
# 3  
Old 01-10-2017
In fact, I don't need it to be iso88591, I just need it to be recognized by notepad++, it can stay in utf-8.

What do you mean by that? Replace the chars in the file? Probably, but still not showing correctly in notepad++.

Thanks!!


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# 4  
Old 01-10-2017
Try:

Code:
iconv -f utf8 -t CP437 sample.nfo -o sample2.nfo


Last edited by Chubler_XL; 01-10-2017 at 10:48 PM..
# 5  
Old 01-11-2017
I'll try that tomorrow and come back to you


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# 6  
Old 01-11-2017
It probably won't look right in the UNIX charset.
# 7  
Old 01-11-2017
As the extension you used was .nfo I'm guessing you wanted a file that uses DOS (codepage 437) characters. Quite commonly used in ANSI art.

Notepad++ is quite capable of viewing UTF-8, simply select Encoding->UTF-8.

The version of Notepad++ I have (v5.9.6.2) doesn't have CP437 encoding however most of the DOS graphics characters will display OK with Encoding->Character sets->Greek->OEM 737 or Hebrew->OEM 862
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