How to check the system character encoding in Linux?

2 years ago
Ava Mitchell
1 minute

You can use the following command in a Linux system to view the character encoding of the system:

  1. local area
locale

This command will output a lot of information, including the LC_CTYPE field, which indicates the character encoding of the current system.

  1. determine the file type
file -i filename

Replace “filename” with the name of the file you want to view, this command will output the MIME type of the file, including the charset field that represents the character encoding of the file.

  1. chardet is responsible for automatically detecting the character encoding of a text file.
  2. determine the encoding
sudo apt-get install chardet

Next, use the following command to view the character encoding of the specified file:

chardet filename

Replace “filename” with the name of the file you want to view, this command will output the character encoding information of the file.

  1. lock
  2. envelope
sudo apt-get install enca

Next, use the following command to view the character encoding of the specified file:

enca -L zh_CN filename

Replace “filename” with the name of the file you want to view, this command will output the character encoding information of the file.

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