Werk #6373: Fixed UnicodeEncodeError when piping "cmk -M" to stream or file

Component

Core & setup

Title

Fixed UnicodeEncodeError when piping "cmk -M" to stream or file

Date

Jul 27, 2018

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

1.6.0b1	Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.5.0	Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.4.0p35	Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The output of e.g. "cmk -M" was not correctly encoded when the output was written to streams or files leading to a "UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character" error.

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