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docs: explain PowerShell 5 encoding (#11662)

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[View the full list][flags] of Telegraf commands and flags or by running `telegraf --help`.
### Windows PowerShell v5 Encoding
In PowerShell 5, the default encoding is UTF-16LE and not UTF-8. Telegraf
expects a valid UTF-8 file. This is not an issue with PowerShell 6 or newer,
as well as the Command Prompt or with using the Git Bash shell.
As such, users will need to specify the output encoding when generating a full
configuration file:
```sh
telegraf.exe config | Out-File -Encoding utf8 telegraf.conf
```
This will generate a UTF-8 encoded file with a BOM. However, Telegraf can
handle the leading BOM.
## Configuration Loading
The location of the configuration file can be set via the `--config` command