Setting Encoding format to java in shell Script

Question

I have a shell script which runs My Java Application.Now i want to specify encoding format "UTF8" to my java application using shell script can any one help.I am using mac os.

Thanks
Ganesh

Answer 1

Try

//invoking the compiler when your source code contains naked UTF-8 characters.
javac.exe -encoding UTF-8  MyClass.java

and

//setting the default encoding on the command line
java.exe "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8" -jar myprog.jar

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