2.10.12. File name encoding conversion

On the hosting, the names of files and directories are encoded in UTF-8 encoding, so if you copy files with the name encoding to CP-1251 (which is used in Windows) and there are Cyrillic characters in their name, they need to be recoded.

To convert the encoding, do the following:

1. SSH into the server.
2. Run the command

   convmv -r -f cp1251 -t utf8 --notest ~/path/to/files/*.png

Command Description:

• Key -r - means recursive change of the encoding of names in all subdirectories.
• After the key -f the initial encoding is indicated.
• After the key -t indicates the encoding that should be installed as a result. (We recommend using UTF-8 encoding.)
• Key –notest - sets the parameter to immediately change the encoding of names without further confirmation.
• In line ~/path/to/files/*.png you need to specify the path and file extension:
  • ~/path/to/files - the path to the files to be converted. ~/ stands for the user's root directory. For example, the directory example.com/images/ indicated as ~/example.com/www/images/.
  • *.png - means that you need to convert all files with the extension .png... To convert the names of absolutely all files, you must specify the symbol *.