BIRD unknown character using text editor
Martin Mareš
mj at ucw.cz
Tue Jun 2 16:33:30 CEST 2020
Hello!
> Ensure your text editor is saving the file in UTF-8 (which is not the default on Windows).
> The default encoding on Windows is UTF-16 which is not compatible with most UNIX software.
> In Win10 Notepad, the File->Save As dialog has an Encoding drop-down where you can change it.
I guess it might have been the UTF-8 Byte Order Mark, which is a common bad
habit of Windows text editors.
Have a nice fortnight
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