ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

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jo29
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ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

Post by jo29 »

Thanks for the great tool.

Export from the GUI is in proper UTF-8, while es.exe export messes up Unicode characters in file names (for example, emojis like 💲)
NotNull
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Re: ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

Post by NotNull »

How do you export? By redirecting the output on the command-line?

ES has some command-line options for exporting (ES.exe /?):
Export options
-export-csv <out.csv>
-export-efu <out.efu>
-export-txt <out.txt>
-export-m3u <out.m3u>
-export-m3u8 <out.m3u8>
Export to a file using the specified layout.
-no-header
Do not output a column header for CSV and EFU files.
This will result in UTF8 encoded files.
void
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Re: ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

Post by void »

Please try changing the code page of your console:

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chcp 65001
This will set the code page of your console to UTF-8.
jo29
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Re: ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

Post by jo29 »

NotNull wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:37 pm How do you export? By redirecting the output on the command-line?

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es.exe * -export-efu output.efu
void wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:40 pm Please try changing the code page of your console:

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chcp 65001
This will set the code page of your console to UTF-8.
I tried. Same result.
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Re: ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

Post by void »

How are viewing the EFU file?
Maybe your program is expecting a UTF-8 bom? -there is no UTF-8 bom in exported EFU files from Everything or ES.


What version of ES and you using?
es.exe -version

What version of Everything are you using?
Help -> About



If you can, could you please send the EFU file to support@voidtools.com
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Re: ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

Post by void »

ES-1.1.0.25 adds a -utf8-bom command line option to write a UTF-8 byte order mark at the start of the export file.
jo29
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Re: ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

Post by jo29 »

void wrote: Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:02 am How are viewing the EFU file?
Notepad++. It automatically detects encoding. The export file created by the GUI opens in Notepad++ without a problem.

In both cases (GUI and ES.exe export) the file is read as UTF-8. The problem is that, with ES, many Unicode characters are messed up (replaced with question marks)

ES file:
f.png
f.png (242 Bytes) Viewed 8463 times
GUI file:
t.png
t.png (251 Bytes) Viewed 8463 times
What version of ES and you using?
1.1.0.24 (and also tried with 1.1.0.25. Same result)
What version of Everything are you using?
1.4.1.1020
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Re: ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

Post by void »

Thanks for the details, there is something odd going on with UTF-16 surrogates with ES.
I am able to reproduce the issue my end.

I am working on a fix..
jo29
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Re: ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

Post by jo29 »

Here are example files:
Output.zip
(482 Bytes) Downloaded 336 times
I noticed that ES.exe puts the BOM just before the Unicode character instead of at the beginning of the file.
jo29
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Re: ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

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jo29 wrote: Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:53 am I noticed that ES.exe puts the BOM just before the Unicode character instead of at the beginning of the file.
This happens even without the

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-utf8-bom
in version 1.1.0.24.

Thanks for the quick replies by the way.
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Re: ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

Post by void »

Thanks for the EFU output.

ES was incorrectly exporting Unicode characters outside plane 0 ($ emoji)

This issue should be fixed in ES-1.1.0.26
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Re: ES.exe export file not in UTF-8

Post by jo29 »

Issue is fixed, confirmed. Thanks a lot.
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