Re: Rationale for aligning data on even bytes in a Unix shell file?

On 28/04/2025 22:26, Bonita Montero wrote:

Am 28.04.2025 um 20:47 schrieb Richard Harnden:

On 28/04/2025 19:36, Bonita Montero wrote:

Am 28.04.2025 um 18:59 schrieb Scott Lurndal:
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Not really.  UTF-8 is UTF-8, regardless of the locale.

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But UTF-8 isn't the standard locale for Unix filesystems
except with macOS.
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UTF-8 isn't a locale - it's an encoding.

 Idiot.
Type "locale" in the shell and thenn return.

As David knows and you apparently don't, UTF-8 is an encoding, not a locale.
If you must call people idiots, it's probably wisest to make sure first that you're on solid ground.
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