mastapat wrote:on command line use:

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sudo raspi-config

from there change the keyboard layout to a US kb after selecting the model
then change the local to en_US.UTF-8.
reboot then all should be well

Thank you so much. Worked like a charm.

The Pi comes with the UK keyboard layout as default - that's not "all messed up"! It's an easy fix, as mentioned above. (Non US-readers: OP is referring to the # key, which Americans call the pound sign. Brits call one of these £ a pound sign, and it's the source of endless confusion on automated p...

Hi, not sure if this is the right place for my question but I just got my kit that comes with everything and the symbols above the keys on the keyboard are all mixed up and none contain the pound sign which I sort of need to write code. Can anyone help me with this? Sorry if this is in the wrong place