# test %ls and %lc with multibyte characters V=ಇಳಿಕೆಗಳು V2=${V:0:2} V3=${V:0:1} printf "%ls\n" "$V" printf "%ls\n" "$V2" printf "%lc\n" "$V" printf "%.2ls\n" "$V" printf "%4.2ls\n" "$V" printf "%-4.2ls---\n" "$V" printf "%ls\n" "$V3" printf "%S\n" "$V3" printf "%lc\n" "$V3" printf "%C\n" "$V3" printf "%4.2lc\n" "$V3" printf "%-4.2lc---\n" "$V3"