httpd serves the file as is, and advices the client with a Content-Type header. It is then entirely up to the client (typicaly a browser) to display what the server has served.
On Jan 30 09:30:16, sylv...@saboua.me wrote: > > I have a folder with several standalone .txt files on my webserver. > I expect these to be displayed as such. But when opening them > in the browser, either locally (from the same machine) or from > remote, several characters such as accents and em dashes get > replaced by other characters. > > Where could this be coming from ? Searching online for a similar > problem I gather that this could have to do with the presence of a > Byte-Order Mark (BOM). If so, is there a handy command on openbsd > that allows to delete it from the txt file if present ?