Weird Characters in Terminal - Revision history

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 </source>
-<i>May also be something like "â".</i>
+<i>Characters may also be something like " â ".</i>
 Use the <code>locale</code> command to view the language and encoding scheme environment variables:

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	Use the <code>locale</code> command to view the language and encoding scheme environment variables:		Use the <code>locale</code> command to view the language and encoding scheme environment variables:

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 Log out and log in again for these defaults to take effect.
-If you see that the other variables say "POSIX" or something else, you might need to do these commands:
+In some situations, you might need to do these commands:
 <source>
 sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
 sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
 </source>

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	Log out and log in again for these defaults to take effect.		Log out and log in again for these defaults to take effect.
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		+	If you see that the other variables say "POSIX" or something else, you might need to do these commands:
		+	<source>
		+	sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
		+	sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
		+	</source>

	Now, make sure the character encoding in your terminal emulator is set to UTF-8. In PuTTY, right-click the window frame and click "Change Settings...".		Now, make sure the character encoding in your terminal emulator is set to UTF-8. In PuTTY, right-click the window frame and click "Change Settings...".

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 Sometimes there is a mismatch between the system locale and the terminal's encoding scheme. The example below is using Ubuntu Server 18.04 and PuTTY.
 Use the <code>locale</code> command to view the language and encoding scheme environment variables:
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 Under Window > Translation, set the "Remote character set" to "UTF-8". I also set the radio button "Use Unicode line drawing code points".
 Then Under "Session", Click "Default Settings" and click "Save".
 Now click "Apply" at the bottom of the window.

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 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 </source>
 Now, make sure the character encoding in your terminal emulator is set to UTF-8. In PuTTY, right-click the window frame and click "Change Settings...". Under Window > Translation, set the "Remote character set" to "UTF-8". I also set the radio button "Use Unicode line drawing code points".