How to modify the character set by linux

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Methods: 1, use "LANG= character set" or "export LANG= character set" command to temporarily modify character set; 2, use "vi / etc/sysconfig/i18n" command to modify character set configuration file to modify character set permanently.

The operating environment of this tutorial: linux7.3 system, Dell G3 computer.

How to modify the character set of linux 1. View the character set method of the current linux system

1.1 、 locale

1.2, echo $LANG

1.3, env | grep LANG

Second, view the character sets supported by the current system

[root@localhost] # locale-a

Third, modify the system character set

Temporary effective # for example, the character set is modified to: zh_CN.gb2312

You can see that the system character set has been changed from the original en_US.UTF-8 to zh_CN.gb2312, but restart the system or reopen a shell

The character set is still the original character set, that is, en_US.UTF-8

3.2. permanent effect # # for example, if the character set is changed to zh_CN.gb2312, restart the system and reopen shell, it will not be invalidated

Cat / etc/sysconfig/i18n # View character set configuration file

Vi / etc/sysconfig/i18n # en_US.UTF-8 is modified to zh_CN.gb2312

Source / etc/sysconfig/i18n # # takes effect immediately. If you check the character set, it has become the modified

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