>>>>> "U" == =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Une b=E9vue?= <pere.noel / laponie.com.invalid> writes: U> i don't understand your post ))) U> ts <decoux / moulon.inra.fr> wrote: >> moulon% file b.rb >> b.rb: ISO-8859 text >> moulon% my file is ISO-8859 encoded >> moulon% ruby b.rb >> nil >> moulon% and ruby say NO U> output for the same files with perl and ruby, ruby says always "yes it ^^^^^^^ U> is UTF-8", where perl says NO over an ISO-8859-1 encoded file... (even ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Guy Decoux