https://JSnetSystems.github.io/tags/unix/My Tech Info SiteHugo 0.154.2 & FixIt v0.4.0-betaenTue, 06 Dec 2022 20:02:48 -0500https://JSnetSystems.github.io/posts/chtag_post/Tue, 06 Dec 2022 20:02:48 -0500https://JSnetSystems.github.io/posts/chtag_post/USS<p><img loading="lazy" src='https://JSnetSystems.github.io/posts/chtag_post/cover_chtag.jpeg' alt="Character Encoding for USS" height="722" width="1720"></p> <p>I recently installed IBM Z Open Automation Utilities and Python on z/OS and learned a new command I haven&rsquo;t or needed to use before.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.2.0?topic=descriptions-chtag-change-file-tag-information" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow noopener noreferrer">chtag command</a> for character encoding for EBCDIC.</p> <p>After editing some Helloworld.py file using vi editor I recevied the follow error when I try to run the python code.</p> <pre><code>/home/#&gt;python hello.py SyntaxError: Non-UTF-8 code starting with &#39;\x97&#39; </code></pre><p>I needed to change the codeset to IBM-1047 for python to run correctly on USS z/OS.</p>