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XP is just a number  Re^5: How can I get a Unicode @ARGV?  by
nikosv (Hermit) on Sep 01, 2012 at 13:21 UTC
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Re^4: How can I get a Unicode @ARGV? in thread How can I get a
Unicode @ARGV?  the 'dir' command in Win cmd works in Unicode
regardless the code page;it's one of those Windows quirks.Go
ahead change the code page to eg Cyrillic and try it out,you'll
get the same result  In cp950: dir/b It shows the files with
Unicode char correctly. However, dir/b > list.txt the content
inside list turns into "????"  Is list.txt saved as ANSI
(default)?. Save list.txt as Unicode and try again  In cp65001:
dir/b It shows the files with monster char. However, dir/b >
list.txt gives the correct list.  I guess cp65001 sets the file
i/o to Unicode,that is why you see list.txt with correct list
what is a monster char? maybe a font issue? what font are you
using, Lucida Console?  Comment on Re^5: How c