Issues with writing output to file in C++

Question

I am writing to a file in C++ in append mode, the program which I am using for the same is:

#include <fstream>
void main()
{
 ofstream f;
 f.open("f.txt", ios::app);
 f<<"\n Hello";
 f.close();
}

Now the output which is getting printed in the output file is some thing junk...which I can't comprehend:

  OUTPUT:
  牐湩㩴

Please help me as to where am i going wrong??? I am working on linux.

Answer 1

The file which you are appending to has a BOM marker indicating it is UTF-16 encoded. Recreate the file using an editor which will not encode the file, or use a program to write it from scratch.

Answer 2

This is because you didn't specify a text encoding, and in the absence of explicit encoding markings, Windows just guesses. The most famous instance of this is Bush Hid The Facts