Chcp command in Windows Server 2008
In this article we are discussing about chcp command and how to use it in windows server 2008.
Introduction
Chcp command is one of the Windows Server 2008 command line tool. Chcp command is used to display or change the code page. To use this command, the code page number must have been previously set.
Chcp command syntax
Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
<XXX> |
Specifies code page number |
List of supported code number along with their country names or language
Code page number |
Country name/language |
437 |
United States |
850 |
Multilingual (Latin I) |
852 |
Slavic (Latin II) |
855 |
Cyrillic (Russian) |
857 |
Turkish |
860 |
Portuguese |
861 |
Icelandic |
863 |
Canadian-French |
866 |
Russian |
865 |
Nordic |
869 |
Modern Greek |
Example of Chcp command
1.If used without parameter then chcp command returns the active code page number
Above syntax will display a message similar to the following:
Active code page: 437
2.To change the code page setting from 437 to 863, type
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