# Containers/\*.yml LC\_ALL: en\_US.UTF-8

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**Created:** [January 25, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/containers-yml-lc-all-en-us-utf-8/215975 "2022-01-25T19:20:05Z")\
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> [@jo-andre](#):
>
> ```plaintext
> (<unknown>): control characters are not allowed at line 1 column 1 -e LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> YAML syntax error. Please check your containers/*.yml config files.
> 
> ```

What is on line 1 ?

If it is an empty line, remove that line and try again

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