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Computer Science Internationalization - Unicode Terminal Session

Below is an OSX bash shell command line terminal session. It is a real, working terminal session using basic unix commands. It does, though, look significantly different from a standard terminal session. If you know basic unix commands such as ls and cd , you should/may be able to work out what is happening. 苹果电脑 ~: 妈 我的目录 苹果电脑 ~: 茶 我的目录 苹果电脑 我的目录: 丽 苹果电脑 我的目录: 头 文档一 文档二 文档三 苹果电脑 我的目录: 丽 文档一 文档三 文档二 苹果电脑 我的目录: 词 > 文档四 一 二 三 四 五 六 苹果电脑 我的目录: 词 文档四 一 二 三 四 五 六 苹果电脑 我的目录: 丽 文档一 文档三 文档二 文档四 苹果电脑 我的目录: ⇉ 文档四 文档五 苹果电脑 我的目录: 丽 文档一 文档三 文档二 文档五 文档四 苹果电脑 我的目录: → 文档一 文档六 苹果电脑 我的目录: 丽 文档三 文档二 文档五 文档六 文档四 苹果电脑 我的目录: So, what is happening!? Firstly I am using Unicode characters. If you search the internet you will find many examples of terminal sessions but they will invariably be using ASCII characters only. In my above terminal session I am using Unicode characters, mostly Chinese/Japanese and two arrow symbol characters. Where are the commands such as ls and cd ? I have mapped a...

Chinese Email Address

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