1LANG=en_US.UTF-8
2
3# A combining character U+300
4a=`printf "\xcc\x80"`
5# Should print 1
6echo ${#a}
7
8# A Japanese katakana character U+30a3
9a=`printf "\xe3\x82\xa3"`
10# Should print 1
11echo ${#a}
12
13echo Ok
14