> On Oct 24, 2020, at 3:51 PM, i...@kablex.ru wrote: > > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: x86_64 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_$ > uname output: Linux bitrix-lamp 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2+deb8u5 > (2017-09-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 4.3 > Patch Level: 30 > Release Status: release > > Description: > UTF-8 string piped to read command goes corrupt with -N option, e.g. > printf "привет"|(read -N 100500 var_text; printf "$var_text" ) > returns some corrupt output "�#��#��#��#��#��#�" > while > printf "привет"|(read -n 100500 var_text; printf "$var_text" ) > returns correct output "привет" > > > Repeat-By: > as described above
FWIW your test case seems to work fine with a modern bash. % bash --version | head -n 1 GNU bash, version 5.0.17(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0) % bash --norc <<\EOF heredoc> printf "привет"|(read -N 100500 var_text; printf "$var_text" ) heredoc> EOF привет% -- vq
