Batch script is not executed if chcp was called
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Hello!
I'm trying to delete some files with unicode characters in them with batch script (it's a requirement). So I run cmd and execute:
> chcp 65001
Effectively setting codepage to UTF-8. And it works:
D:\temp\1>dir
Volume in drive D has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 8C33-61BF
Directory of D:\temp\1
02.02.2010 09:31 <DIR> .
02.02.2010 09:31 <DIR> ..
02.02.2010 09:32 508 1.txt
02.02.2010 09:28 12 delete.bat
02.02.2010 09:20 95 delete.cmd
02.02.2010 09:13 <DIR> Rún
02.02.2010 09:13 <DIR> ????? ???????
3 File(s) 615 bytes
4 Dir(s) 11 576 438 784 bytes free
D:\temp\1>rmdir Rún
D:\temp\1>dir
Volume in drive D has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 8C33-61BF
Directory of D:\temp\1
02.02.2010 09:56 <DIR> .
02.02.2010 09:56 <DIR> ..
02.02.2010 09:32 508 1.txt
02.02.2010 09:28 12 delete.bat
02.02.2010 09:20 95 delete.cmd
02.02.2010 09:13 <DIR> ????? ???????
3 File(s) 615 bytes
3 Dir(s) 11 576 438 784 bytes free
Then I put the same rmdir commands in batch script and save it in UTF-8 encoding. But when I run nothing happens, literally nothing: not even echo works from batch script in this case. Even saving script in OEM encoding does not help.
So it seems that when I change codepage to UTF-8 in console, scripts just stop working. Does somebody know how to fix that?
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