No, you should use "cut -c 1 file", as you mean "a character", not "a byte".
b On Thu, 13 May 2004, Munzir Taha wrote: > If I made a file with an Arabic letter in one line and an English letter in > the > next line. > e.g. > > Ø > b > > cut -b 1 file > will display a space before the English character. Is this a bug which should > be reported to ([EMAIL PROTECTED])? ;) > > --behdad behdad.org _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
