Linux user logs bad encoding (Fedora 39)

Question

. Hello guys, I have this weird formating in my user logs, anyone know where it is coming from ? Thanks.

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Answer 1

• One possibility is the file is being read using the wrong encoding. For example, in Kate,

  • You can change the current encoding using the menu items Tools → Encoding and try different options, or
  • You can overwrite the defaults in Settings → Configure Editor...

• Another possibility is that some machine commands are embedded in that log. For example, the string ��8@9 9�9x9�9x9�9� occurs repeatedly. Could those be printer escape codes or other machine control codes?