How to configure encoding in Linux?

2 years ago
Liam
2 minutes

In Linux systems, encoding formats can be set through the following methods:

  1. To set the encoding format using the command line:
    In the command line, you can use the export command to set the system’s default encoding format. For example, to set the system’s default encoding format to UTF-8, you can execute the following command:
  2. Set the language environment variable to English with UTF-8 encoding.
  3. To change the system configuration file and set the encoding format, you can modify the configuration file. Open the file /etc/locale.conf and add the following content:
  4. Set the language to English.
  5. To change the encoding format in the terminal, you can set it to support a specific encoding format. Use the following command to set the terminal’s encoding format to UTF-8:
  6. Set the LC_ALL variable to en_US.UTF-8 for export.

It’s important to note that the above settings only apply to the current session. If you want to permanently change the system’s encoding format, you will need to modify the system’s global configuration file and restart the system.

In addition, in a Linux system, the iconv command can be used to convert the encoding of a file. For example, to convert the encoding format of a file from GBK to UTF-8, you can execute the following command:

iconv -f gbk -t utf-8 input.txt > output.txt

The -f option specifies the encoding format of the source file, while the -t option specifies the encoding format of the target file. Redirecting the input to the output.txt file can save the converted text content.

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