Unexpected behavior when handling special characters in filenames

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Activity 2 comments · opened Aug 3, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Description

When using Claude Code with files containing special characters,
unexpected behavior occurs.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a file with special characters
  2. Ask Claude Code to process it

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Expected behavior

Normal file handling

Actual behavior

Unexpected output

What Should Happen?

Claude should process the file normally without unexpected behavior

Error Messages/Logs

No error messages

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Create file with special characters
  2. Run claude to process it

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

Unknown

Claude Code Version

1.0.0

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

Additional Information

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