Strip BOM from output in interactive mode

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - Prevent fork nightmare with `PAGER=batcat`. See #2235 (@johnmatthiggins)
 - Make `--no-paging`/`-P` override `--paging=...` if passed as a later arg, see #2201 (@themkat)
 - `--map-syntax` and `--ignored-suffix` now works together, see #2093 (@czzrr)
+- Strips byte order mark from output when in non-loop-through mode. See #1922 (@dag-h)
 
 ## Other
 

src/printer.rs

@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ impl<'a> Printer for InteractivePrinter<'a> {
         let line = if self.config.show_nonprintable {
             replace_nonprintable(line_buffer, self.config.tab_width)
         } else {
-            match self.content_type {
+            let line = match self.content_type {
                 Some(ContentType::BINARY) | None => {
                     return Ok(());
                 }
@@ -430,6 +430,15 @@ impl<'a> Printer for InteractivePrinter<'a> {
                     .decode(line_buffer, DecoderTrap::Replace)
                     .map_err(|_| "Invalid UTF-16BE")?,
                 _ => String::from_utf8_lossy(line_buffer).to_string(),
+            };
+            // Remove byte order mark from the first line if it exists
+            if line_number == 1 {
+                match line.strip_prefix('\u{feff}') {
+                    Some(stripped) => stripped.to_string(),
+                    None => line,
+                }
+            } else {
+                line
             }
         };
 

tests/examples/test_BOM.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello world

tests/integration_tests.rs

@@ -758,14 +758,66 @@ fn config_read_arguments_from_file() {
 
 #[test]
 fn utf16() {
-    // The output will be converted to UTF-8 with a leading UTF-8 BOM
+    // The output will be converted to UTF-8 with the leading UTF-16
+    // BOM removed. This behavior is wanted in interactive mode as
+    // some terminals seem to display the BOM character as a space,
+    // and it also breaks syntax highlighting.
     bat()
         .arg("--plain")
         .arg("--decorations=always")
         .arg("test_UTF-16LE.txt")
         .assert()
         .success()
-        .stdout(std::str::from_utf8(b"\xEF\xBB\xBFhello world\n").unwrap());
+        .stdout("hello world\n");
+}
+
+// Regression test for https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/1922
+#[test]
+fn bom_not_stripped_in_loop_through_mode() {
+    bat()
+        .arg("--plain")
+        .arg("--decorations=never")
+        .arg("--color=never")
+        .arg("test_BOM.txt")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout("\u{feff}hello world\n");
+}
+
+// Regression test for https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/1922
+#[test]
+fn bom_stripped_when_colored_output() {
+    bat()
+        .arg("--color=always")
+        .arg("--decorations=never")
+        .arg("test_BOM.txt")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(
+            predicate::str::is_match("\u{1b}\\[38;5;[0-9]{3}mhello world\u{1b}\\[0m\n").unwrap(),
+        );
+}
+
+// Regression test for https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/1922
+#[test]
+fn bom_stripped_when_no_color_and_not_loop_through() {
+    bat()
+        .arg("--color=never")
+        .arg("--decorations=always")
+        .arg("--style=numbers,grid,header")
+        .arg("--terminal-width=80")
+        .arg("test_BOM.txt")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(
+            "\
+─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+     │ File: test_BOM.txt
+─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+   1 │ hello world
+─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+",
+        );
 }
 
 #[test]

tests/syntax-tests/highlighted/PowerShell/test.ps1

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# PowerShell script for testing syntax highlighting
+# PowerShell script for testing syntax highlighting
 
 function Get-FutureTime {
     param (