Read chinese problem

[peterchu]

I have a problem to read chinese character on linux , the problem is :
we export a file (there are chinese characters inside) from the database to the shell , but we found that we can't read the chinese characters ( all become unreadable words) , maybe it is caused by the linux language setting , could suggest how can I read chinese on the linux shell ? thx.

[Yong_7 · Accepted solution]

Hi Peter,

there are some hints here for your reference.

1. check you LOCALE setting.

2. check the encoding. UTF8, 8859 etc.

3. check your Database encoding as well, simple, better way is make OS match DB's encoding.

4. Suse Server 9 release notes has relevant comments if the file originated from old version and was read on version 9.

5. good news: AsiaLinux was released with better Asia languages support.

take care !

YJ