The problem has also another ugly effect in interactive shell usage
(here gnome-terminal).
I tried to rename a directory with utf-8 chars, but make a silly type
in the command. I tried to jump to the start of line with 'ctr+a'.
The cursors jumps some chars left of the command (inside the prompt
pa
The bug leads to ugly output on the console if the data contains such
characters.
See the 3rd song in the following play queue listing:
Pos. Artist TitleDur.
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Package: bash
Version: 4.4-5
Package: coreutils
Version: 8.25-2
The printf command in bash (builtin) and corutils /usb/bin/printf have
an error in counting the length of a string, if a non-ascii character
is involved.
Example is the arrow - type Alt+I.
Try the following commands:
printf -v r "%-
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