Javascript .min Files have invalid characters

Question

I don't know when and how this happens, but very often, when I want to change something in a project I either download the code from the web server via Filezilla or pull it from my git repository the javascript.min files have these invalid characters.

I always solved this by re-downloading the files and replacing them. But why is this happening? It really annoys me.

When I open the file on the web server it has these characters too, but the site/functionality is working.

After downloading and testing it locally I get for example: jQuery is not defined...

Please see the screenshot below:

What IDE are you using? You should check its encoding options. — Kévin Bibollet, Mar 06 '19 at 11:29
This is Visual Code, but using windows editor i get the same results. — lSD, Mar 06 '19 at 13:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '19 at 15:09

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I think Filezilla caused the problem. When donwloading a file, lets say jquery.min.js, some strings where transformed to invalid characters.

I set Filezilla transfer-type to binary and it worked.

answered Mar 06 '19 at 15:09

lSD

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