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Why do Filenames created under UTF-8 not match the UTF-Codepage layout?

According to Wikipedia's utf-8 Codepage Layout, its character-set is as follows: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0-9 : ; < = > ? @ A-Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a-z { | } ~ But (excepting /), ...
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Analyzing Characters in Ubuntu

I need a tool that can tell me the character encodings of each visible and invisible character from a range of characters I highlight within its editor. For example, a line break is usually \n in ...
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How to print an octal value's corresponding UTF-8 character in bash?

I expected printf %s '\<octal_character_value>' to do the trick, but it doesn't: printf %s '\101' Outputs: \101
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