====== Handle UTF-8 in Putty ====== Based on http://planetozh.com/blog/2007/08/how-to-display-utf8-in-your-putty-bash-shell/. Can be done form the shell or from putty's configuration: ===== .bashrc : Unconfigured Putty ===== Add to ''~/.bashrc'': if [[ $SSH_CONNECTION ]]; then echo -ne '\e%G\e[?47h\e%G\e[?47l' fi Reload (''source ~/.bashrc'') or re-login and from then on it should read and write UTF-8 characters correctly. ===== Putty configuration ===== Window -> Translation -> Received data assumed to be in which character set: -> UTF-8