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Asked: June 13, 20262026-06-13T23:36:39+00:00 2026-06-13T23:36:39+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Ruby – UTF-8 file encoding I’m using UTF-8 all the way and

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Ruby – UTF-8 file encoding

I’m using UTF-8 all the way and want to help the ruby interpreter to read my files.
Therefore I put # encoding=utf-8 at the start of my ruby code like this:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# encoding=utf-8

But now and then, I see other variants:
bundle gem NAME inserts # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*- (into NAME.gemspec). The gem magic_encoding uses this line, too.

What is the recommended way?

  • # encoding = utf-8
  • # encoding: utf-8
  • # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
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    2026-06-13T23:36:40+00:00Added an answer on June 13, 2026 at 11:36 pm

    Short answer:

    # encoding: utf-8
    

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    Ruby – UTF-8 file encoding

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