https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27551
Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |nickc at redhat dot com --- Comment #1 from Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> --- Created attachment 13356 --> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=13356&action=edit Proposed patch Hi Vincent, You can achieve the desired decoding by setting the character width on the command line, like this: % echo abcdéfghi | ./binutils/strings -e S abcdéfghi I am attaching a patch which changes the default encoding based upon the setting of LC_CTYPE. Please could you try it out and let me know if it works for you. Cheers Nick -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.