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Subject:	RE: sed converts 8-bit input text to 16-bit (Unicode-16?) characters - how to suppress that?
Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:56:58 +0200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com=20
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Dave Korn
> Sent: Montag, 30. M=E4rz 2009 14:46
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: sed converts 8-bit input text to 16-bit=20
> (Unicode-16?) characters - how to suppress that?
> > ...
> Another possibility is that wordpad or notepad has tried to=20
> be clever and gone and unexpectedly saved the original source=20
> file in UTF16.  Did you verify the original source file in a=20
> hexeditor too, Michael?

Yes - I did. The input is stricly one byte/octet per character and
starts with=20
"4e 61 6d 65 09 ..."  (=3D "Name<TAB>...")

The output starts with:
"ff fe 4e 00 61 00 6d 00 65 00 09 00 ... "


Michael


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