Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: coreutils
GNU cut gets confused about character boundaries with UTF-8 encoded
files.
An example, as they (almost) say, is worth a thousand words:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ cat foo.txt
She said “I think I found a bug.”
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ cat foo.txt | cut --characters 10-
“I think I found a bug.”
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ cat foo.txt | cut --characters 11-
��I think I found a bug.”
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ cat foo.txt | cut --characters 12-
�I think I found a bug.”
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ cat foo.txt | cut --characters 13-
I think I found a bug.”
** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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cut gets confused with UTF-8 characters
https://launchpad.net/bugs/91175
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