Why Windows cmd does not format Russian and how to fix it?

Question

cmd/bat

I’m running in C, the compiler is MinGW, when I want, for example, to display a string in Russian, then it turns out to be rubbish. Why is this happening and how to fix it?

Answer 1

The encoding of the string must be correct CP866 or the terminal itself: if in cmd.exe you first write mode con codepage select=1251 and then run the program, then everything will probably be as it should.

Answer 2

chcp /?

Answer 3

А куда выводите строку: в командное окно? Попробуйте вместо cmd запустить powershell.