Mode (Set Device Code Pages)

Selects, refreshes, or displays the numbers of the code pages the console.

mode device codepage select=yyy

mode device codepage [/status]

Parameters

device

Specifies the device for which you want select a code page. CON is the only valid name for a device.

yyy

Specifies the number of the code page to select. The following list shows each code page that Windows NT supports and its country or language:
437 United States
850 Multilingual (Latin I)
852 Slavic (Latin II)
855 Cyrillic (Russian)
857 Turkish
860 Portuguese
861 Icelandic
863 Canadian-French
865 Nordic
866 Russian
869 Modern Greek

codepage select

Specifies (selects) which code page to use with the specified device. You can abbreviate codepage and select as cp and sel, respectively.

codepage

Displays the numbers of the code pages, if any, that are selected for the specified device.

/status

Displays the numbers of the current code pages selected for the specified device. You can abbreviate this switch as /sta. Whether or not you specify the /status switch, typing the mode command with a device name and the codepage parameter displays the numbers of the code pages that are selected for the specified device.