What are the reasons for garbled text appearing after running Linux?

There are several possible reasons for garbled characters appearing in the Linux system:

  1. Character encoding mismatch: When the character encoding of a text file does not match the encoding of the current system, garbled text may appear. For example, if a text file is saved using UTF-8 encoding but the system’s default encoding is GBK, opening this file would result in garbled text.
  2. Missing font files: Some characters may require specific font files to display correctly, leading to garbled text if the system is missing these font files.
  3. Terminal setting issue: When running a program in a terminal, the character encoding settings of the terminal may affect the display of text. If the character encoding settings of the terminal are incorrect, it will result in garbled text.
  4. Issue: Some programs may have their own character encoding settings, and if the program’s character encoding setting is incorrect, it will result in garbled text.

Methods to solve encoding issues include:

  1. Open the file with the correct character encoding: Use a text editor or terminal command line tool to specify the correct character encoding when opening the file.
  2. Install the missing font files: You can solve the garbled text issue by installing the relevant font files.
  3. Check the terminal character encoding settings: You can view and modify the terminal’s character encoding settings using the terminal settings feature.
  4. Check the character encoding settings of the program: If a specific program is displaying garbled characters, you can refer to the program’s configuration file or documentation to understand how to change the character encoding settings.
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