unable to write latin capital A letters into a file using Java

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File file = new File("file.txt");
BufferedWriter output=new BufferedWriter(new Filewriter(file));

output.write("data fetched from database");

I am fetching data from database which is mapped to corresponding DTO object and writing the same to the file using the getters of the DTO object.

It's working fine for the normal data, but fails for the data as below:

the word in DB is : KÄRNTEN.

When I open the file in Windows in notepad, it is proper.

When I open in vi or vim editor, after KÄ, it is going to a new line and writing the remaining.

when I open in wordpad or csv file in Windows, it's displayed as : KÃ„RNTEN.

Possible duplicate of [Failing to write german 'umlauts' (äöü) from console to text file with java](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3862320/failing-to-write-german-umlauts-%c3%a4%c3%b6%c3%bc-from-console-to-text-file-with-java) — Meninx - メネンックス, Mar 05 '17 at 19:11
yes, it is. Now, it's working fine after I changed the translation settings on the putty terminal. — avinashsv, Mar 06 '17 at 17:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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The effect looks like You are getting the data as UTF-8, but read it as ISO-8859.

Try

Writer out = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(
             new FileOutputStream("file.txt"), "ISO-8859-1"));
try {
   out.write("data fetched from database:" + yourFetchedData);
} finally {
   out.close();
}

See also How to write a UTF-8 file with Java?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Mar 05 '17 at 21:35

Martin G

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I had even tried OutStreamWriter but no luck. Later , I found that it's not the problem with the file.I changed terminal settings of putty and now, the data looks clean. On terminal, change settings-->translation--> and selected UTF-8 from the drop down. – avinashsv Mar 06 '17 at 17:23

unable to write latin capital A letters into a file using Java

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