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From: "Gerrie Myburgh" <GerrieM <at> nashuamobile.com>
To: <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: uniq
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:41:23 +0200

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Hi,

There seems to be a bug in uniq. To duplicate:

 

Use attached file and  run it through uniq with -d. It then gives no
output. If uniq is run without a flag then the original file is output
from uniq.

 

Gerrie <at> GerrieM /cygdrive/c/adhoc/vodacom

$ uniq -d a.txt

 

Gerrie <at> GerrieM /cygdrive/c/adhoc/vodacom

 

Gerrie <at> GerrieM /cygdrive/c/adhoc/vodacom

$ uniq a.txt

084699880820120120100749

084800053520120120100741

084800053520120120100741

 

Gerrie <at> GerrieM /cygdrive/c/adhoc/vodacom

 

 

$ uniq --version

uniq (GNU coreutils) 8.10

Packaged by Cygwin (8.10-1)

Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

 

Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.

 

This happens in the current version  as well as 8-15-1.

 

 

Gerrie Myburgh, Software Developer

www.bbd.co.za <http://www.bbd.co.za> 

Nashua Mobile (Pty) Ltd

 

42 James Crescent, Halfway House, Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa.

 

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From: "Gerrie Myburgh" <GerrieM <at> nashuamobile.com>
To: <10769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: uniq
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:24:40 +0200

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Hi,

I found the problem, it is the line endings been a mixture of unix and
dos.

 

 

Gerrie Myburgh, Software Developer

www.bbd.co.za <http://www.bbd.co.za> 

Nashua Mobile (Pty) Ltd

 

42 James Crescent, Halfway House, Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa.

 

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Gerrie Myburgh <GerrieM <at> nashuamobile.com>
Cc: 10769-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10769: uniq
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:35:49 +0000

tags 10769 notabug

On 02/09/2012 06:24 AM, Gerrie Myburgh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I found the problem, it is the line endings been a mixture of unix and
> dos.

A common source of confusion.

Thanks for taking the time to report.

Pádraig.

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