Cmd codepage
Chcp Displays the number of the active console code page, or changes the console's active console code page. Used without parameters, chcp displays the number of the active console code page. Syntax
chcp [nnn]
Top of pageTop of page Parameters nnn : Specifies the code page. The following table lists each code page supported and its country/region or language: Code page Country/region or language
437
United States
850
Multilingual (Latin I)
852
Slavic (Latin II)
855
Cyrillic (Russian)
857
Turkish
860
Portuguese
861
Icelandic
863
Canadian-French
865
Nordic
866
Russian
869
Modern Greek
/? : Displays help at the command prompt.
Top of pageTop of page Remarks • Only the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) code page installed with Windows XP appears correctly in a command prompt window that uses Raster fonts. Other code pages appear correctly in full-screen mode or command prompt windows that use TrueType fonts. • You do not need to prepare code pages, as in MS-DOS. • Programs that you start after you assign a new code page use the new code page, however, programs (except Cmd.exe) that you started before assigning the new code page use the original code page. Top of pageTop of page Examples To view the active code page setting, type:
chcp
A message similar to the following appears:
Active code page: 437
To change the active code page to 850 (Multilingual), type:
chcp 850
If the specified code page is invalid, the following error message appears:
Invalid code page Top of pageTop of page Formatting legend Format Meaning Italic
Information that the user must supply
Bold
Elements that the user must type exactly as shown
Ellipsis (...)
Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line
Between brackets ([])
Optional items
Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (|). Example: {even|odd}
Set of choices from which the user must choose only one
Courier font Code or program output Country Device Devicehigh Mode
Command-line reference A-Z
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