CHCP - Change the current code page

 Purpose:    Display or change the current system code page. 
             
 Format:     CHCP [n ] 
             
             n :  A system code page number. 
 

 Usage 

 Code page switching allows you to select different character sets for 
 language support. 

 If you enter CHCP without a number, the current code page is displayed. 

 
         [c:\] chcp
         Active code page: 437
 

 If you enter CHCP plus a code page number, the system code page is 
 changed.  For example, to set the code page to multilingual: 

 
         [c:\] chcp 850
 

 CHCP only affects the current CMD.EXE session, and any new programs 
 started from within that session; the active code page in other sessions 
 remains unchanged. 

 CHCP accepts one of the prepared system code pages.  An error message is 
 displayed if a code page is selected that has not been prepared for the 
 system. 

 See your OS/2 documentation for more information on CHCP.