tests/intl1.sub

LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
LANG=en_US.UTF-8

var='абвгдежзиклмноп '
echo -"$var"- ${#var}

read foo <<< "$var"
echo -"$foo"- ${#foo}

read -n 5 foo <<< "$var"
echo -"$foo"- ${#foo}