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Output of file(1) (self.openbsd)

submitted 1 year ago by pmk to c/openbsd

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Hello, I've tried to find someone else using OpenBSD in various places for a while now, but with no success, so I'm hoping someone will read this.

I'm wondering what your output is from file(1) on a file you know has text encoded as UTF-8.

On my system (7.3-stable) the output is "Non-ISO extended-ASCII text", and I'm trying to figure out if this is how it should be, or if I did something wrong setting up the system.

So, if you have a computer with OpenBSD and a minute to spare, could you try running file(1) on a UTF-8 file and see if it identifies it as UTF-8 or "Non-ISO extended-ASCII text"?

Thanks in advance

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[–] Rand0mA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Make sure your test file contains a decent amount of UTF-8 text, not just a few characters. The file command uses statistical analysis, so having more text might help it make a more accurate determination.

What does the locale command return?? .. to set your locale you can use the export command (eg. export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" using whatever code is relevant)

[–] pmk 1 points 1 year ago

I have all of this page: https://www.w3.org/2001/06/utf-8-test/UTF-8-demo.html as a test file. It renders fine and displays all the languages and special characters in vim.

LC_CTYPE is "en_US.UTF-8" , I export it in .xsession (and in .profile).

XTERM_LOCALE is also "en_US.UTF-8"