Encoding confusion, please help

[Kent Johnson]

Pekka Niiranen wrote:
> Can I find out the terminal encoding somehow?

On Windows:

D:\>help chcp
Displays or sets the active code page number.

CHCP [nnn]

   nnn   Specifies a code page number.

Type CHCP without a parameter to display the active code page number.

D:\>chcp
Active code page: 437

Kent