CHCP(DOS) UNIX System V CHCP(DOS)
Name
chcp - change code page
Syntax
chcp [nnn]
Description
A code page lets the computer translate stored numeric
values into characters that will either be displayed on a
screen, printed on paper or entered from a keyboard. In
effect, a code page contains the definition of a given
character set. Code page switching can be used to choose
between different character sets for use on devices such as
printers or screens.
Several different code pages, which include character sets
specific to different countries, are now supported. At
system initialization, the code page supported is the
default code page defined by the country command in the
config.sys file.
nnn is the 3 digit number of the required code page.
The chcp command can be compared to the mode command. The
difference is that chcp sets a new code page for all the
devices that can support it, whereas mode switches the code
page for individual devices. The chcp command cannot select
a code page for a device unless that code page has been
prepared for the device. See the manual entry for the mode
command.
In order to use chcp, nlsfunc support must be loaded before
the chcp command is issued. See the manual entry for
nlsfunc.
The chcp program looks for the country information in the
file specified by the country command in the system
configuration file. If no country command is used then chcp
looks at the current drive and directory for the file named
country.sys. If the file cannot be found, a message is
displayed to indicate this.
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