nodejs decode (child processes use)

Question

nodejs decode (child processes use)

I use spawn for JScript (from windows) My problem with decode text

???? ??? T-SQL Microsoft SQL Server 2012

???? ??? - russian text.

var worker,path = require('path'), spawn = require('child_process').spawn, cscript = path.join(process.env.SystemRoot, 'system32', 'cscript.exe')

 function startCscript() {
    worker = spawn( cscript, [ '/nologo', 'testwsh.js' ] );
    worker.stdout.setEncoding('utf8');
    worker.stdout.on( 'data', onData );
}

function onData (data) {
    console.log(data.toString());
}
startCscript();

How do I get Russian letters? Thanks all )

windows
node.js
utf-8
decode

Answer 1

Can you try to set the worker encoding as ucs2 or utf16le. Change this

worker.stdout.setEncoding('utf8');

to this

worker.stdout.setEncoding('ucs2');

Tell if it solves the issue.

Answer 2

look at issue 2190 and issue 2196:

Node.js does always expect UTF-8 output from a child process, but Windows with Russian locale defaults to CP866

you need to execute chcp 65001 to change current console code page.

Answer 3

My solution: use iconv-lite, to get the Russian text in the console.