Terminal shows non-ascii? characters in UTF-16 hex codes

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todoroki@todoroki-VJZ13B ~>printf "än"
echo "ä"
ä
ä
ä
udcc3udca4: u30b3u30deu30f3u30c9u304cu898bu3064u304bu308au307eu305bu3093


according to a UTF-16 decode tool, u30b3u30deu30f3u30c9u304cu898bu3064u304bu308au307eu305bu3093 is コマンドが見つかりません (= "command not found"), which is the correct Japanese output I expect.



From the printf and echo result, UTF-8 seems working correctly.



This happens in all shell outputs, such as ls (Japanese characters in filenames shows up in UTF-16 hex format)



less vi nano behaves more strange; a file (a.txt, created with gedit) like below



あ
い
う
ä


will show as



in less (it complains "a.txt" may be a binary file. See it anyway?):



<E3><81><82>
<E3><81><84>
<E3><81><86>
<C3><A4>


in vi:



�~A~B
�~A~D
�~A~F
ä


and in nano:



 ^a^b
^a^d
^a^f


I don't remember what I had done, but it was correctly showing Japanese letters at least two days ago (and for more than 6 months).



What could be the problem and the way to recover from this?









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    todoroki@todoroki-VJZ13B ~>printf "än"
    echo "ä"
    ä
    ä
    ä
    udcc3udca4: u30b3u30deu30f3u30c9u304cu898bu3064u304bu308au307eu305bu3093


    according to a UTF-16 decode tool, u30b3u30deu30f3u30c9u304cu898bu3064u304bu308au307eu305bu3093 is コマンドが見つかりません (= "command not found"), which is the correct Japanese output I expect.



    From the printf and echo result, UTF-8 seems working correctly.



    This happens in all shell outputs, such as ls (Japanese characters in filenames shows up in UTF-16 hex format)



    less vi nano behaves more strange; a file (a.txt, created with gedit) like below



    あ
    い
    う
    ä


    will show as



    in less (it complains "a.txt" may be a binary file. See it anyway?):



    <E3><81><82>
    <E3><81><84>
    <E3><81><86>
    <C3><A4>


    in vi:



    �~A~B
    �~A~D
    �~A~F
    ä


    and in nano:



     ^a^b
    ^a^d
    ^a^f


    I don't remember what I had done, but it was correctly showing Japanese letters at least two days ago (and for more than 6 months).



    What could be the problem and the way to recover from this?









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      todoroki@todoroki-VJZ13B ~>printf "än"
      echo "ä"
      ä
      ä
      ä
      udcc3udca4: u30b3u30deu30f3u30c9u304cu898bu3064u304bu308au307eu305bu3093


      according to a UTF-16 decode tool, u30b3u30deu30f3u30c9u304cu898bu3064u304bu308au307eu305bu3093 is コマンドが見つかりません (= "command not found"), which is the correct Japanese output I expect.



      From the printf and echo result, UTF-8 seems working correctly.



      This happens in all shell outputs, such as ls (Japanese characters in filenames shows up in UTF-16 hex format)



      less vi nano behaves more strange; a file (a.txt, created with gedit) like below



      あ
      い
      う
      ä


      will show as



      in less (it complains "a.txt" may be a binary file. See it anyway?):



      <E3><81><82>
      <E3><81><84>
      <E3><81><86>
      <C3><A4>


      in vi:



      �~A~B
      �~A~D
      �~A~F
      ä


      and in nano:



       ^a^b
      ^a^d
      ^a^f


      I don't remember what I had done, but it was correctly showing Japanese letters at least two days ago (and for more than 6 months).



      What could be the problem and the way to recover from this?









      share







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      todoroki@todoroki-VJZ13B ~>printf "än"
      echo "ä"
      ä
      ä
      ä
      udcc3udca4: u30b3u30deu30f3u30c9u304cu898bu3064u304bu308au307eu305bu3093


      according to a UTF-16 decode tool, u30b3u30deu30f3u30c9u304cu898bu3064u304bu308au307eu305bu3093 is コマンドが見つかりません (= "command not found"), which is the correct Japanese output I expect.



      From the printf and echo result, UTF-8 seems working correctly.



      This happens in all shell outputs, such as ls (Japanese characters in filenames shows up in UTF-16 hex format)



      less vi nano behaves more strange; a file (a.txt, created with gedit) like below



      あ
      い
      う
      ä


      will show as



      in less (it complains "a.txt" may be a binary file. See it anyway?):



      <E3><81><82>
      <E3><81><84>
      <E3><81><86>
      <C3><A4>


      in vi:



      �~A~B
      �~A~D
      �~A~F
      ä


      and in nano:



       ^a^b
      ^a^d
      ^a^f


      I don't remember what I had done, but it was correctly showing Japanese letters at least two days ago (and for more than 6 months).



      What could be the problem and the way to recover from this?







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