GNU bug report logs - #79366
paste -d option not accepting UTF-8

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: avidseeker <avidseeker <at> disroot.org>

Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 04:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
To: 79366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: avidseeker <at> disroot.org
Subject: bug#79366: paste -d option not accepting UTF-8
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2025 21:56:42 -0700

avidseeker via GNU coreutils Bug Reports <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org> writes:

> $ paste -d "␞" file1 file2
>
> results in ␞ (U+241e) character being converted to � (U+FFFD)
>
> paste command doesn't seem to support UTF-8 characters.

Thanks for the report. This is a long standing issue with more than just
paste [1].

I hope to improve the situation after the next release.

Collin

[1] https://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/coreutils_i18n/
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