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 Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.5.0	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.4.0p35	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

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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