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Re: We NEED this function.

From Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.slackware, alt.os.linux.debian
Subject Re: We NEED this function.
Date 2015-02-03 18:17 +0000
Organization My Linux Box
Message-ID <mar3c2$neh$4@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <mar0ru$hak$1@dont-email.me>

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In comp.os.linux.misc no.top.post@gmail.com wrote:
> -> echo " isnAÄt al" |hexdump -C ==
> 00000000  20 69 73 6e c2 80 74 20  61 6c 0a                 | isnAÄ.t al.|

> The 2-byte:c2 80; which should be a <single quote> is probably generated by
> M$, although a competent emacs user posts similar <errors> *here*.

That 2-byte sequence is a valid UTF-8 encoding of a hex unicode code
point 0x80 character.

See this: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~richard/utf-8.cgi?input=c2+80&mode=bytes

> Apart from finding the customised tool, the best solution offered
> involved using awk!!

Actually, the best solution offered pointed you to the correct tool for
the job, the 'mimencode' command, but you simply, as usual, ignored it
and continued ranting.

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We NEED this function. no.top.post@gmail.com - 2015-02-03 17:34 +0000
  Re: We NEED this function. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-02-03 18:17 +0000
    Re: We NEED this function. Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-02-03 13:48 -0800
    Re: We NEED this function. Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-02-09 11:43 +0000

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