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...
