Append to UTF 16

Hi All,

Any of you guys know how to append to a UTF16 text file
from the command line?

echo abc SomeUTF16File.txt

All I get is goofy characters.

Many thanks,
-T

T wrote:

Any of you guys know how to append to a UTF16 text file
from the command line?

echo abc SomeUTF16File.txt

All I get is goofy characters.

Might not help, but does the file start with a BOM?

tried "chcp 1200" ?

On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 23:10:23 -0700, T wrote:

Hi All,

Any of you guys know how to append to a UTF16 text file
from the command line?

echo abc SomeUTF16File.txt

All I get is goofy characters.

Many thanks,
-T


CMD /U /C echo abc SomeUTF16File.txt


REFERENCE

Cmd | Microsoft Docs
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/cmd

Parameters
...
/u Formats internal command output to a pipe or a file as Unicode.



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Kind regards
Ralph

On 7/10/19 1:12 AM, Ralph Fox wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 23:10:23 -0700, T wrote:

Hi All,

Any of you guys know how to append to a UTF16 text file
from the command line?

echo abc SomeUTF16File.txt

All I get is goofy characters.

Many thanks,
-T


CMD /U /C echo abc SomeUTF16File.txt


REFERENCE

Cmd | Microsoft Docs
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/cmd

Parameters
...
/u Formats internal command output to a pipe or a file as Unicode.




Thank you!

On 7/10/19 1:01 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
T wrote:

Any of you guys know how to append to a UTF16 text file
from the command line?

echo abc SomeUTF16File.txt

All I get is goofy characters.

Might not help, but does the file start with a BOM?

tried "chcp 1200" ?



I just got garble, which told me it was UTF 16 and I was
appending utf8u

On 7/10/19 12:43 PM, "Jeff-Relf.Me@."@ wrote:
UTF-8/ASCII, not UTF-16, is the standard for:

-- FileNames ( all operating systems ).
-- CommandLine Utilities ( e.g. "YouTube-DL.EXE" ).
-- The Internet ( e.g. ".HTML" files ).

Hence ( http://Jeff-Relf.Me/Win10.REG.TXT ):

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor]
"autorun"="C:\\__\\_Source\\Init-CMD.BAT"

"Init-CMD.BAT":

@chcp 65001
@prompt $P$_$g

Also, I wrote my own console ( http://Jeff-Relf.Me/X.HTM ).
Mostly it's used for my Visual C++ routines,
but it also runs "YouTube-DL.EXE" directly, without "CMD.EXE".

From "X.CPP" in "http://Jeff-Relf.Me/X.ZIP":

SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES Inherit = { sizeof( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES ) };
Inherit.bInheritHandle = 1 ; static HANDLE r, w ;
CreatePipe( &r, &w, &Inherit, 0 );
SetHandleInformation( r, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0 );

STARTUPINFO SU ={ sizeof( STARTUPINFO ) };
SU.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES | STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
SU.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE, SU.hStdOutput = SU.hStdError = w;
SU.hStdInput = GetStdHandle( STD_INPUT_HANDLE );


I wrote and maintain a program to check the Internet for new program
revisions of software I use at customer sites and download
any new revisions I found. Some of the the TRASH I have to
deal with on downloaded web pages is a thing to behold.

I gave up trying to get the UTF8 and UTF8U converters
to solve the issue. I eventually read one site as a binary
buffer of bytes, lopped off the high bit, and then converted
to a string. Problem solved.

Why the heck would you use the high bit on a ASCII web page,
but there is not explaining some of the things I found. I
find all kinds of weird characters at the end of lines too.
I have gotten really good at regex's and can lop that
trash off with alacrity.

One thing that always amuses me is folks that use 1000+
character long lines in their HTML code. Must be a total
nightmare to maintain. Regex to the rescue.

In article , wrote:

Why the heck would you use the high bit on a ASCII web page,

because the desired characters aren't available otherwise.

In article ,
nospam wrote:

In article , wrote:

Why the heck would you use the high bit on a ASCII web page,

because the desired characters aren't available otherwise.

The HTML source can and should be ASCII only. You can use entity references for
anything outside of ASCII. That lets the browser know what character is intended
and present it as the browser pleases rather than make the browser guess what
octets 80 to FF mean.

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On 7/11/19 11:59 AM, Siri Cruise wrote:
In article ,
nospam wrote:

In article , wrote:

Why the heck would you use the high bit on a ASCII web page,

because the desired characters aren't available otherwise.

The HTML source can and should be ASCII only. You can use entity references for
anything outside of ASCII. That lets the browser know what character is intended
and present it as the browser pleases rather than make the browser guess what
octets 80 to FF mean.


Ya, you think? "Suppose to" and "does" are two different things.
And good luck complaining to the web site about it.


I see a lot of
a href=/downloadsdownloads[trash][trash][trash]/a


But I have gotten pretty good and zapping the trash. Regex's
will drive you insane until your learn how to use them Then
they are kind of fun.

Now exactly what is s/\/\/\\/\/\\/\//g anyway?

:-)

On 7/11/19 12:41 PM, "Jeff-Relf.Me@."@ wrote:
Siri_Cruise:
The HTML source can and should be ASCII only.

Yes, and all puppies should go to heaven.


Chuckle.

In article
, Siri
Cruise wrote:

Why the heck would you use the high bit on a ASCII web page,

because the desired characters aren't available otherwise.

The HTML source can and should be ASCII only.
You can use entity references
for
anything outside of ASCII. That lets the browser know what character is
intended
and present it as the browser pleases rather than make the browser guess what
octets 80 to FF mean.

no need to guess when done correctly.

In article ,
nospam wrote:

In article
, Siri
Cruise wrote:

Why the heck would you use the high bit on a ASCII web page,

because the desired characters aren't available otherwise.

The HTML source can and should be ASCII only.
You can use entity references
for
anything outside of ASCII. That lets the browser know what character is
intended
and present it as the browser pleases rather than make the browser guess
what
octets 80 to FF mean.

no need to guess when done correctly.

Just ASCII with entity references in ASCII is always correct. And it's easy to
do.

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In article , Jeff-Relf.Me @.@ wrote:

Siri_Cruise:
The HTML source can and should be ASCII only.

Yes, and all puppies should go to heaven.

They do.

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On 7/11/19 2:19 PM, Siri Cruise wrote:
In article , Jeff-Relf.Me @.@ wrote:

Siri_Cruise:
The HTML source can and should be ASCII only.

Yes, and all puppies should go to heaven.

They do.


How about old dogs?

In article , T wrote:

On 7/11/19 11:59 AM, Siri Cruise wrote:
In article ,
nospam wrote:

In article , wrote:

Why the heck would you use the high bit on a ASCII web page,

because the desired characters aren't available otherwise.

The HTML source can and should be ASCII only. You can use entity references
for
anything outside of ASCII. That lets the browser know what character is
intended
and present it as the browser pleases rather than make the browser guess
what
octets 80 to FF mean.


Ya, you think? "Suppose to" and "does" are two different things.
And good luck complaining to the web site about it.


I see a lot of
a href=/downloadsdownloads[trash][trash][trash]/a

On any sites not using microsoft?

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