Corrupted characters appear in the command shell when executing cli commands

On Windows™, corrupted characters appear in the command shell when you try to execute any of the IBM Workload Scheduler command line interface commands (for example, conman, composer, wappman). The error message is similar to the following example:

Cause and solution:

This issue is caused by the default font used in the command prompt window (Raster fonts). To change the font, do the following:
  • Click the icon in the upper left corner of the command prompt window
  • Select Properties, then click the Font tab
  • The default font is Raster fonts. Change this to Lucida Console and click OK