Hi,
Since the last two days, when I paste complex code into chatgpt, the LLM itself receives a mangled version of my text
Here is one especially annoying and short example
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And that’s not all !
For example I paste this command into chatgpt
VMID="$(pvesh get /cluster/nextid)"; NAME="win10-$VMID" MAC=DE:AD:BE:EF:42:70 DISK=64 RAM=6/25% CORE=90% OS=win10 ISO=win10u,virtcd FIRMWARE=efi MACHINE=q35 AGENT=yes STORAGE="$(pvesm status --content images --enabled 1 | awk 'NR>1&&$3=="active"{print $1;exit}')" BRIDGE=vmbr0 FIREWALL=no CACHE=writeback VGA= AUDIO=yes BOOT='virtio0;ide2' START=yes; DO_CREATE=yes; VMID="${VMID:-$(pvesh get /cluster/nextid)}"; MAC="${MAC:-DE:AD:BE:EF:42:70}"; DISK="${DISK:-64}"; RAM="${RAM:-6}"; CORE="${CORE:-90%}"; OS="${OS:-win10}"; NAME="${NAME:-$OS-$VMID}"; FIRMWARE="${FIRMWARE:-efi}"; MACHINE="${MACHINE:-q35}"; AGENT="${AGENT:-yes}"; STORAGE="${STORAGE:-$(pvesm status --content images --enabled 1 | awk 'NR>1&&$3=="active"{print $1;exit}')}"; BRIDGE="${BRIDGE:-vmbr0}"; FIREWALL="${FIREWALL:-no}"; CACHE="${CACHE:-writeback}"; AUDIO="${AUDIO:-yes}"; BOOT="${BOOT:-virtio0;ide2}"; START="${START:-yes}"; if ! command -v dialog >/dev/null; then read -r -p "dialog is not installed. Install it now? [Y/n] " DIALOG_INSTALL; case "${DIALOG_INSTALL:-Y}" in [Yy]*) apt-get update && apt-get install -y dialog || echo "WARNING: dialog installation failed; continuing without UI." ;; esac; fi; if command -v dialog >/dev/null; then TMP="$(mktemp)"; if dialog --clear --title "Create Proxmox VM" --ok-label "Create" --cancel-label "Cancel" --output-fd 3 --form "Review or edit VM settings" 24 90 19 "Name:" 1 2 "$NAME" 1 24 55 0 "MAC:" 2 2 "$MAC" 2 24 55 0 "Disk (GB):" 3 2 "$DISK" 3 24 55 0 "RAM:" 4 2 "$RAM" 4 24 55 0 "Core:" 5 2 "$CORE" 5 24 55 0 "OS:" 6 2 "$OS" 6 24 55 0 "ISO:" 7 2 "$ISO" 7 24 55 0 "Firmware:" 8 2 "$FIRMWARE" 8 24 55 0 "Machine:" 9 2 "$MACHINE" 9 24 55 0 "Agent:" 10 2 "$AGENT" 10 24 55 0 "Storage:" 11 2 "$STORAGE" 11 24 55 0 "Bridge:" 12 2 "$BRIDGE" 12 24 55 0 "Firewall:" 13 2 "$FIREWALL" 13 24 55 0 "Cache:" 14 2 "$CACHE" 14 24 55 0 "VGA:" 15 2 "$VGA" 15 24 55 0 "Audio:" 16 2 "$AUDIO" 16 24 55 0 "Boot:" 17 2 "$BOOT" 17 24 55 0 "VMID:" 18 2 "$VMID" 18 24 55 0 "Start:" 19 2 "$START" 19 24 55 0 3>"$TMP"; then mapfile -t F < "$TMP"; NAME="${F[0]}"; MAC="${F[1]}"; DISK="${F[2]}"; RAM="${F[3]}"; CORE="${F[4]}"; OS="${F[5]}"; ISO="${F[6]}"; FIRMWARE="${F[7]}"; MACHINE="${F[8]}"; AGENT="${F[9]}"; STORAGE="${F[10]}"; BRIDGE="${F[11]}"; FIREWALL="${F[12]}"; CACHE="${F[13]}"; VGA="${F[14]}"; AUDIO="${F[15]}"; BOOT="${F[16]}"; VMID="${F[17]}"; START="${F[18]}"; else DO_CREATE=no; fi; rm -f "$TMP"; clear; [ "$DO_CREATE" = yes ] || echo "CANCELLED: No VM was created."; fi; if [ "$DO_CREATE" = yes ]; then if qm create "$VMID" --name "${NAME:-${OS:-win10}-$VMID}" --machine "$(if [ "${MACHINE:-q35}" = 440 ]; then printf pc; else printf q35; fi)" --ostype "${OS:-win10}" --cpu host --cores "$(awk -v r="${CORE:-90%}" -v h="$(nproc)" 'BEGIN{n=split(r,a,"/");for(i=1;i<=n;i++){if(a[i]~/%$/){sub(/%$/,"",a[i]);p=a[i]+0}else if(a[i]!="")m=a[i]+0}v=p?int(h*p/100):0;c=(v>m?v:m);if(c<1)c=1;if(c>h)c=h;print c}')" --memory "$(awk -v r="${RAM:-6}" 'BEGIN{n=split(r,a,"/");for(i=1;i<=n;i++){if(a[i]~/%$/){sub(/%$/,"",a[i]);p=a[i]+0}else if(a[i]!="")m=(a[i]+0)*1024}}/^MemTotal:/{v=int($2*p/102400);print (v>m?v:m);exit}' /proc/meminfo)" --virtio0 "${STORAGE}:${DISK:-64},cache=${CACHE:-writeback},discard=on,iothread=1" $(IDE=2; if [[ ",${ISO:-}," == *,win10u,* ]]; then printf '%s\n' "--ide$IDE" 'local:iso/Win10_22H2_EnglishInternational_x64.unattended.latest.iso,media=cdrom'; IDE=$((IDE+1)); fi; if [[ ",${ISO:-}," == *,win10,* ]]; then printf '%s\n' "--ide$IDE" 'local:iso/Win10_22H2_EnglishInternational_x64.unattended.latest.iso,media=cdrom'; IDE=$((IDE+1)); fi; if [[ ",${ISO:-}," == *,win10e,* ]]; then printf '%s\n' "--ide$IDE" 'local:iso/Win10_22H2_English_x64.iso,media=cdrom'; IDE=$((IDE+1)); fi; if [[ ",${ISO:-}," == *,virtcd,* ]]; then printf '%s\n' "--ide$IDE" 'local:iso/virtio-win-latest.iso,media=cdrom'; IDE=$((IDE+1)); fi) --net0 "virtio=${MAC:-DE:AD:BE:EF:42:70},bridge=${BRIDGE:-vmbr0},firewall=$(if [ "${FIREWALL:-no}" = yes ]; then printf 1; else printf 0; fi)" --boot "order=${BOOT:-virtio0;ide2}" $(if [ "${AUDIO:-yes}" = yes ]; then printf '%s\n' --audio0 device=ich9-intel-hda,driver=none; fi) $(if [ "${AUDIO:-yes}" = spice ]; then printf '%s\n' --audio0 device=ich9-intel-hda,driver=spice; fi) $(if [ "${AGENT:-yes}" = yes ]; then printf '%s\n' --agent enabled=1,fstrim_cloned_disks=1; fi) $(if [ -n "${VGA:-}" ]; then if [ "$VGA" = spice ]; then printf '%s\n' --vga qxl; else printf '%s\n' --vga "$VGA"; fi; fi) $(if [ "${FIRMWARE:-efi}" = efi ]; then printf '%s\n' --bios ovmf --efidisk0 "$STORAGE:4,efitype=4m,pre-enrolled-keys=1"; fi) $(if [ "${FIRMWARE:-efi}" = bios ]; then printf '%s\n' --bios seabios; fi); then if [ "${START:-yes}" = yes ]; then if qm start "$VMID"; then echo "SUCCESS: VM $VMID named ${NAME:-${OS:-win10}-$VMID} was created on $STORAGE and started successfully"; else RC=$?; echo "WARNING: VM $VMID named ${NAME:-${OS:-win10}-$VMID} was created on $STORAGE but failed to start with exit code $RC" >&2; false; fi; else echo "SUCCESS: VM $VMID named ${NAME:-${OS:-win10}-$VMID} was created successfully on $STORAGE and left stopped"; fi; else RC=$?; echo "ERROR: VM $VMID was not created; qm create exited with code $RC" >&2; false; fi; fi
This code is mangled AFTER pressing send
Here is from the prompt bubble
But then the LLM sees something different
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