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Subject: Is this correct behaviour for 'rev'?
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It appears that 'rev' is choking on any character \x80 or higher, but
is OK with those \x1f or smaller. It doesn't give an error or ignore
it, it just stops.

I don't have access to a Linux box so I can't see if this happens
there and nothing in the documentation suggests that this is the
correct functionality.

Test case:
printf 'no non-ASCII characters\nhex 01 >\x01< here\nhex 80 >\x80<
here\nLine 4\n'|rev|rev

This is for "rev from util-linux 2.33.1"

I don't have the current version of 'rev' on my system due to not
having updated in a while. I accidentally screwed up my installation
and have been reluctant to wipe it and start over.

So, is this the expected behaviour for the current version of 'rev'
under Cygwin and/or Linux?

Thanks

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