Cygwin terminal cannot show the contents of unicode text file correctly

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I have a text file with Urdu text. I use the cat command to view the content, but I see distorted digits and symbols like text. How can I view the text correctly?

coddy

Posted 2016-05-16T20:47:07.337

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1Please [edit] and provide some example text. – DavidPostill – 2016-05-16T22:58:24.170

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  • Either there is an encoding problem 2) or you use a font which simply doesn't contain the Urdu characters. The problem is probably not in the Cygwin, but in the terminal program.
    • < – peterh - Reinstate Monica – 2016-05-17T00:25:49.330

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    I suspect that you need to use / select an appropriate font that supports unicode if you already have your language settings set as per whats outlined on: https://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-locale.html

    echo $LANG
# en_GB.UTF-8

    Within your cygin window under Options>Text>Font Select... you can choose Courier New that should display all supported characters.

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