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: avidseeker <avidseeker <at> disroot.org>
To: 79366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#79366: paste -d option not accepting UTF-8
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 06:06:26 +0200

$ paste -d "␞" file1 file2

results in ␞ (U+241e) character being converted to � (U+FFFD)

paste command doesn't seem to support UTF-8 characters.

Regards,
Avid
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