Unicode Right-To-Left override (U+202E) displaces text to the right terminal edge #3378

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opened 2026-01-30 23:19:56 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @jantari on GitHub (Aug 12, 2019).

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.18956.1000
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.3.2171.0

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a file with the Unicode Right-To-Left override character in its name, such as harmless_file[U+202E]txt.exe
  2. Display this files name in the Terminal by running dir /b in cmd or ls in PowerShell etc.

Expected behavior

  • The files name should appear as harmless_fileexe.txt

Actual behavior

-The files name appears as:

harmless_file                                                                                                 exe.txt

Screenshot comparing Windows Terminal, conhost and File Explorer:
unicode_rtl_windows_terminal

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Reference: starred/terminal#3378