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Old 11-22-2011
how to handle french char. in SunOS

Hi Friends,

Need help regarding how to handle french char. in SunOS.

I have to remove blank line from 100 files ( which also has some french char.), so I put all those file in unix (SunOS) by using filezilla and by using sed command I achived this, and I again get all the file back through filezilla to my local WinXP system, but the french char. in all those files are changed.

for example: one of the file "file_french.txt" has one of the line as
Quote:
"Téléphone","123456789"
when i put this file through filezilla in "SunOS", it shows as:

Code:
bash-2.03$vi file_french.txt
"T\303\251l\303\251phone","123456789"

and after getting back to my winXP system, now it is showing me as:
Quote:
"TȨlȨphone","123456789"
Can some please help, why this happen and how to avoid this, as I cannot changed it manually, I have more than 100 files and much more french word in all the files.

thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 11-22-2011
What locale is your SunOS system using?
# 3  
Old 11-22-2011
Hi fpmurphy,

Thanks for the reply.
but I didn't get what you want to ask
Quote:
What locale is your SunOS system using?
Can you please elaborate more what "locale" means.

regards,
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