Windows batch: Unicode parameters for (robo) copy command

Question

I need to copy multiple files in a single batch file. The files have Unicode names that map to different codepages.

Example:

set Ara         


        

Answer 1

If

• I add CHCP 65001 as the first line of your batch file,
• save the file as UTF-8 without BOM, and
• set my console font to something else than "Raster Fonts" (on my Win7 box I can choose Consolas or Lucida Console),

it works. Simple, no? :-)

(The font change is actually not necessary, provided you're not writing non-ASCII output to the console.)