UTF-8 and !# shell scripts

Question

Is there a way to configure bash on Linux (red hat and ubuntu) to allow shell scripts to be encoded in UTF-8?

I can't find a simple way to change just one little thing and have the whole system just use UTF-8 files without having to worry about encoding.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '09 at 02:13

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I'm fairly sure bash pays attention to your locale setting, so if it's UTF-8, you should be good to go.

answered May 22 '09 at 02:13

pjz

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '10 at 15:38

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As long as you don't use the UTF-8 BOM, you should be ok.

answered May 10 '10 at 15:38

leonbloy

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Bizarre that UTF-8 permits a BOM (byte order mark) at start of file, but it's true: http://unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#bom5 - as you imply, any use of this would confuse many applications such as shells. – RichVel Sep 05 '11 at 09:35

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 26 '10 at 13:49

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You shouldn't have to do anything, it's always worked automatically for me.

answered Jan 26 '10 at 13:49

Amandasaurus

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