When Japanese is specified in the report-file argument, the file name is not output correctly. about cloc HOT 2 CLOSED

The file あ.txt can be written without problems on Linux but you're right, on Windows it is a problem. However, it is not a problem with cloc but instead a problem with Perl on Windows. This PowerShell session on Windows 11 demonstrates the problem. First I create a regularly-named text file abc.txt, then I try the same thing with あ.txt:

PS C:\TEMP> perl -e "open(OUT, '>abc.txt'); print OUT 'hello'; close OUT"
PS C:\TEMP> type abc.txt
hello
PS C:\TEMP> perl -e "open(OUT, '>あ.txt'); print OUT 'hello'; close OUT"
PS C:\TEMP> type 'あ.txt'
type : Cannot find path 'C:\TEMP\あ.txt' because it does not exist.
  [...more errors...]
PS C:\TEMP> type あ.txt
type : Cannot find path 'C:\TEMP\あ.txt' because it does not exist.
  [...more errors...]

I cannot explain why it worked with 1.94. I updated Perl on Windows (Strawberry Perl) between 1.94 and now and possibly the problem came with that newer version.

If it is an option for you, try running in WSL?

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Mr. AlDanial.
Thank you for the confirmation.

I was eventually able to solve the problem using the MINGW in the git bush and the perl script.

Thank you for taking the time to look into this.

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