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Old 01-10-2012
AIX and Linux difference (character set)
I'm having a problem regarding the encoding of my files in Linux and AIX.

I have a file which can be viewed both in Linux and AIX (via NetApp mount). When I checked the encoding, they have difference.

In Linux, the file is encoded as ISO-8859 text. (checked by using "file" command). However, in AIX, the is encoded as ascii text. The file contains the characters "Æ, Ø, Ò, Ò, etc). I'm not sure if this is a OS difference. My assumption is that the Linux can decode the characters stated above, while in AIX is not.

Can someone please enlighten me? Smilie

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Please ignore the title. It should be AIX and Linux difference.
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Old 01-10-2012
IT is a locale difference. The
Code:
locale

LANG=C.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="C.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="C.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="C.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="C.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="C.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="C.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

command will show you what text driver it is using to display characters in a file.
You set locale by setting one or all of those environment variables (the LC ones).
Code:
locale -a

shows you what values you can use for setting the local variable(s).
 
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