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bug#20751: wc -m doesn't count UTF-8 characters properly
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Pádraig Brady |
Subject: |
bug#20751: wc -m doesn't count UTF-8 characters properly |
Date: |
Sat, 06 Jun 2015 22:43:28 +0100 |
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On 06/06/15 19:49, Valdis Vītoliņš wrote:
>>> Version: wc (GNU coreutils) 8.21
>>>
>>> When 'wc -m' is invoked, it should print character count, but it counts
>>> incorrectly UTF-8 encoded characters. Attached files have 3, 4 an 6
>>> bytes in them, but all have only two UTF-8 encoded characters, which you
>>> can see with any modern text editor.
>>>
>>> wc -c chows correct number of bytes:
>>> wc -c *
>>> 3 3bytes.txt
>>> 4 4bytes.txt
>>> 6 6bytes.txt
>>> 13 total
>>>
>>> But wc -m shows incorrect number of characters:
>>> wc -m *
>>> 3 3bytes.txt
>>> 3 4bytes.txt
>>> 3 6bytes.txt
>>> 9 total
>>>
>>> But should be:
>>> wc -m *
>>> 2 3bytes.txt
>>> 2 4bytes.txt
>>> 2 6bytes.txt
>>> 6 total
I think it's working correctly.
I.E. the \n is included in the count.
thanks,
Pádraig.