This is somewhat related to question
On Windows 7, dir or tree can't show unicode characters, even starting cmd with cmd /U
Even on Windows 7, I found that the only way I can get unicode to go into a file is by
> cmd /U
> dir /B > files.txt
the file will be in "Unicode" when I open in Notepad and try "Save As", and if I dir /B > files.html
and open the HTML file in firefox, it can show using Encoding of UTF-16 (or UTF-16 LE).
but, if I want to see it on the screen instead of having it go to a file, it is still impossible. Is there a way to make it happen? Possibly somehow telling cmd not to show nonprintable characters as "?"
Update: I tried cmd.exe, cygwin's bash on windows, and PowerShell. They are the same. Except if I change the "Properties -> Font" to Consolas or Lucida Console, there is some improvement -- now it is not question mark but is either square border or square with a question mark in it.
The more expensive Mac computers with Mac OS X can do it. The free Ubuntu can do it too.