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Re: {# - strange behavior


From: Antonio Macchi
Subject: Re: {# - strange behavior
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:43:42 +0100
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Antonio Macchi wrote:

$ a=$'\xd9\xbf'

$ echo ${#a}
1

$ a2=${a:0:1}

$ echo ${#a2}
1


ops... I mean...


$ a2=${a:0:1}

$ hexdump -C <(echo $a2)
00000000  d9 bf 0a                                          |...|
00000003



seems bash can't break this two characters...




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