ajeetdsouza/zoxide · error · ImportError

invalid utf-8

Error message

invalid utf-8

What it means

Error "invalid utf-8" thrown in ajeetdsouza/zoxide.

Source

Thrown at src/import/z.rs:42

pub(crate) struct Iter<R: BufRead> {
    reader: R,
    buf: Vec<u8>,
    line_num: usize,
    path: PathBuf,
}

impl<R: BufRead> Iter<R> {
    pub(crate) fn new(reader: R, path: PathBuf) -> Self {
        Self { reader, buf: Vec::new(), line_num: 0, path }
    }

    fn err(&self, source: anyhow::Error) -> ImportError {
        ImportError { path: Some(self.path.clone()), line_num: self.line_num, source }
    }

    fn parse_line(&self, line: &[u8]) -> Result<Dir<'static>, ImportError> {
        let line =
            str::from_utf8(line).map_err(|e| self.err(anyhow!(e).context("invalid utf-8")))?;
        let err = || self.err(anyhow!("invalid entry: {line}"));

        // z stores entries as `path|rank|last_accessed`. Use `rsplitn` so paths
        // containing `|` are preserved.
        let mut split = line.rsplitn(3, '|');

        let last_accessed = split.next().ok_or_else(err)?;
        let last_accessed = last_accessed.parse::<u64>().map_err(|_| err())?;

        let rank = split.next().ok_or_else(err)?;
        let rank = rank.parse::<f64>().map_err(|_| err())?;

        let path = split.next().ok_or_else(err)?;

        Ok(Dir { path: Cow::Owned(path.to_string()), rank, last_accessed })
    }
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/import/z.rs:42 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

AI-assisted analysis of ajeetdsouza/zoxide@ee594e6906 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/91289ed012306577. Report an issue: GitHub.