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1. [OT] Using DIR (CMD) with redirection to a file

• Posted by znorq2 Oct 05, 2009
• 2511 views

Hi,

Norway uses the same letters as in English alphabet, with the addition to 3 extra letters - ÆØÅ.

When I try to use the DIR (Console, Windows) command with redirection to file output instead of screen, these letters come out garbled. The letters are shown correctly when displayed directly on screen.

This is the parameters I use in the DIR command;

@dir /n /a /ogen /q /tc
GDC-VNAS-A12.res.no.enterdir.com\A12_PRO01\13079\shared\*.* >C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\111951\desktop\Shared_area_changes.txt

Does anyone know how I can keep the letters intact when redirecting the DIR output to a file?

Kenneth / ZNorQ

3. Re: [OT] Using DIR (CMD) with redirection to a file

• Posted by znorq2 Oct 05, 2009
• 2476 views

I usually use Notepad, but I tried viewing them in Wordpad too. The letters are replaced with the following characters; ‘›†’

Interesting enough, I followed your tip and TYPED the content of the file in the console; The chars are now shown properly again.

I agree with you on the text coding issue, but I've no clue how to go about getting it fixed.

Kenneth / ZNorQ

5. Re: [OT] Using DIR (CMD) with redirection to a file

• Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Oct 05, 2009
• 2502 views

Hmm. My browser can't display those characters. In vi I see

<91><9b><86><92><9d> 

Anyways, my recommendation is to use a different program to view and edit these text files. The only way I know to change the text encoding used to decode these files is Format->Font->Script in Notepad (change from Western to something else) and Format->Font->Script in Wordpad (change from Western to something else).

The issue isn't the file itself, but in the program you use to view it.

7. Re: [OT] Using DIR (CMD) with redirection to a file

• Posted by znorq2 Oct 05, 2009
• 2463 views

UUps, this didn't come out like I wanted... :(

9. Re: [OT] Using DIR (CMD) with redirection to a file

• Posted by mattlewis (admin) Oct 05, 2009
• 2464 views

Ok, it definitely sounds like the issue is with the file you're using to view the output. I ran this:

 sequence s = {#66,#69,#6C,#65,#73,#2E,#74,#78,#74, #0D,#0A, 
 	#91,#9B,#86,#92,#9D,#8F, #0D,#0A  } 
  
 puts(1, s ) 

...and got the expected output:

files.txt 
æøåÆØÅ 

So the file appears to be correct.

Matt

11. Re: [OT] Using DIR (CMD) with redirection to a file

• Posted by kinz Oct 05, 2009
• 2539 views

Or just use in Notepad the Terminal font.

Regards,
kinz

13. Re: [OT] Using DIR (CMD) with redirection to a file

• Posted by kinz Oct 06, 2009
• 2488 views

Your default code page 850 seems to be namely OEM (DOS) code page, but cp865 seems to be some code page with win-1252 encoding for "æøåÆØÅ" letters.

The DIR command uses strongly OEM encoding.

Try the chcp w/o params to see if cp was changed to 865 really.

OK, Terminal has strongly OEM encoding.

So, DIR worked in OEM (850).

"Lucida Console" has Windows encoding 1251 here, in Russia, so yours one works same way, on cp1252, and can not display OEM text properly, I think.

I use recoding to write and read Russian file names in EU.
The ed editor works as OEM thing, so recodind is not needed, but if I program in, say, Notepad or Edita or such a Windows editor, I need recode from 1251 to 866 the file names and Russian output of DIR, if I want to read output in Notepad or Edita without changeing the font to Terminal.

Try the function below, it is not tested, but gives the idea, I hope.

constant W = {#E6,#F8,#E5,#C6,#D8,#C5}, -- codes of your letters in 1252 
         O = {#91,#9B,#86,#92,#9D,#8F}, -- codes of same letters in 850 
    W_to_O = 1, -- mode from Windows to OEM 
    O_to_W = 2  -- mode from OEM to Windows 
 
function recode_nor(sequence input, -- input text (command or DIR output) 
                      integer mode) -- W_to_O, or O_to_W 
integer c, d 
  for i=1 to length(input) do 
     c = input[i] 
       if mode = W_to_O then 
           d = find(c, W) 
             if d then 
                 input[i]= O[d] 
             end if 
       end if 
       if mode = O_to_W then 
           d = find(c, O) 
             if d then 
                 input[i]= W[d] 
             end if 
       end if 
   end for 
  return input 
end function 

Regards,
kinz

15. Re: [OT] Using DIR (CMD) with redirection to a file

• Posted by znorq2 Oct 15, 2009
• 2263 views

krg, that worked! Used the following syntax to achieve the goal;

@cmd /u /c dir *.* /b >myfiles.txt

Extend my gratitude to all who's been kind enough trying to help me out..

PS! Apologies for not responding earlier, have very busy schedule..

Regards, Kenneth / ZNorQ