Check File Encoding in Linux: Quick Guide

In Linux system, you can use the command “file” to check the character encoding of a file. Here’s how:

  1. Open the terminal.
  2. document
  3. the text document named filename.txt
  4. The system will provide information about the file’s type and character set, such as UTF-8, ISO-8859, etc.

Additionally, you can use the command “enca” to check the character encoding of a file. Here is the specific method:

  1. exist
  2. Ubuntu/Debian system: Use ‘sudo apt-get install enca’ to install.
  3. CentOS/RHEL systems: use sudo yum install enca
  4. – Encrypt
  5. Convert filename.txt to Chinese language.
  6. The system will provide information about the character set of the file, such as UTF-8, ISO-8859, etc.

The character encoding information of files in a Linux system can be viewed through those two methods.

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