# Can't read mesh on Windows CMD terminal

**URL:** <https://community.freefem.org/t/cant-read-mesh-on-windows-cmd-terminal/3680>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [January 9, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/cant-read-mesh-on-windows-cmd-terminal/3680 "2025-01-09T10:19:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![zxss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bc8723/32.png) [@zxss](https://community.freefem.org/u/zxss)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/cant-read-mesh-on-windows-cmd-terminal/3680/1 "2025-01-09T10:19:17Z")

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Dear all,

I meet a strange problem, that is I can’t read mesh on my Windows CMD terminal but I can on notepad++.

Can anyone explain what’s wrong.

 ![Screenshot 2025-01-09 101625](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/freefem/original/2X/f/fdab5c46b7876d1713d00a51427c500c3755dfc9.png)  
 ![Screenshot 2025-01-09 101847](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/freefem/original/2X/3/3e9b1dc634bf764786e31d760e1095c92cbf0502.png)

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**Author:** ![zxss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bc8723/32.png) [@zxss](https://community.freefem.org/u/zxss)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/cant-read-mesh-on-windows-cmd-terminal/3680/2 "2025-01-09T11:36:50Z")

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The attached are my file and mesh files  
[try.edp](https://community.freefem.org/uploads/short-url/kJe8jJkIlWhwaeuUMibiZSam1NF.edp) (123 Bytes)  
[Th\_cylinder.mesh](https://community.freefem.org/uploads/short-url/tuRWcVeOFDGFB0zmQNx6dp3KTwH.mesh) (639.7 KB)  
[Ths\_cylinder.mesh](https://community.freefem.org/uploads/short-url/kho8Ob8YUCkpsUtRUbzQYiQJNST.mesh) (373.3 KB)