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@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ So we usually configure a different journal file, by setting the `LEDGER_FILE` e
to something like `~/finance/2023.journal`.
For more about how to do that on your system, see [Common tasks > Setting LEDGER_FILE](#setting-ledger_file).
## Text encoding
Data files containing non-ascii characters must use UTF-8 encoding.
Also, your system should be configured with a locale that can decode UTF-8 text.
On some unix systems, you may need set the `LANG` environment variable, eg.
You can read more about this in [Unicode characters](#unicode-characters), below.
On unix systems you can check a file's encoding with the `file` command.
If you need to import from a UTF-16-encoded CSV file, say,
you can convert it to UTF-8 with the `iconv` command.
## Data formats
Usually the data file is in hledger's journal format, but it can be in any of the supported file formats, which currently are: