UTF-16 on cmd.exe

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I've created the directory "•◘▬¨ŤlCęół♥☺☻0" and I would like to make it visible with dir /b command. So far, chcp 10000, chcp 10001 and chcp 65000(utf-8) commands failed(the original name was displayed by "The system cannot write to the specified device", or by empty string, or unicode characters was replaced/ignored. What's the reason and how to fix it? The official documentation isn't helpful :(

I don't think its possible. Yet, I might be wrong so please wait for more answers. — Mark Segal, May 26 '12 at 09:05
As stated in the answer, this is primarily an issue of selecting a Unicode-capable font. Non-BMP characters probably won't work in any case though. — Philipp, May 26 '12 at 14:10
Other method: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/379240/is-there-a-windows-command-shell-that-will-display-unicode-characters/24135341#24135341 — user2718593, Jun 10 '14 at 07:37
Also CHCP 65001 DIR > UTF8.TXT TYPE UTF8.TXT from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/379240/is-there-a-windows-command-shell-that-will-display-unicode-characters/24135341#24135341 — user2718593, Jun 10 '14 at 07:39

0x6B6F77616C74 · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-16T16:45:11.177

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Yeah,I've just resolved my problem. It was a fault of default font in cmd.exe which can't manage unicode signs. To fix it(windows 7 x64 pro):

Open/run cmd.exe
Click on the icon at the top-left corner
Select properties
Then "Font" bar
Select "Lucida Console" and OK.
Write Chcp 10000 at the prompt
Finally dir /b

Enjoy your clean UTF-16 output with hearts, Chinese signs, and much more!

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answered May 26 '12 at 10:29

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I'm curious, is the `chcp` really needed? AFAIK it should work even without it since Unicode is independent of codepages. – Philipp May 26 '12 at 14:09
Ditto what @Philipp said. I can see a directory named as you indicated with the default US Windows 437 code page. Chinese, however, becomes the Unicode replacement character, meaning the font doesn't support it. – Mark Tolonen May 27 '12 at 05:55
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cmd.exe still does not display characters outside of the BMP correctly. (It shows 2 characters instead of 1). – smerlin Sep 25 '13 at 09:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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Also from Is there a Windows command shell that will display Unicode characters?

CHCP 65001
DIR > UTF8.TXT
TYPE UTF8.TXT

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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Note that this answer is for UTF8, not UTF16. – Mooing Duck Dec 16 '14 at 22:01
True, this won't help if you have UTF-16 string, if you try to print it it will break output buffer, no matter the page. Although, its a move in the right direction, see my answer. – ScienceDiscoverer Jul 03 '22 at 06:01
Whoops, sorry. I had an answer how to do it in C++ code, not in plain CMD. – ScienceDiscoverer Jul 03 '22 at 06:06

UTF-16 on cmd.exe

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