From: Antonio Mat Date: 2006-08-21T08:16:28+09:00 Subject: Re: `cmd` and UTF-8 Antonio Mat wrote: > I have spent several hours searching for this and I still don't know how > it works. > > How is `cmd` string encoded? I want it in UTF-8, but I don't know how to > do it! > I have tried with $KCODE = 'u' but it doesn't works. > My Ruby version is 1.8.2 Here is a solution: ENV["LC_ALL"] = "C.UTF-8" utf8_string = `cmd` Thank you all! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.