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seq -s, 1 3 gives unexpected output

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Morten Hustveit <morten <at> eventures.vc>
Subject: bug#13493: closed (Re: bug#13493: seq -s, 1 3 gives unexpected
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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:31:04 +0000

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Your bug report

#13493: seq -s, 1 3 gives unexpected output

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Morten Hustveit <morten <at> eventures.vc>
Cc: 13493-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13493: seq -s, 1 3 gives unexpected output
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:29:48 -0800

On 01/18/2013 01:27 PM, Morten Hustveit wrote:

> I prefer the latter output.

Thanks, here's a patch, which should appear
in the next coreutils release:

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=76f606a9544bd67629bd4766ff6efe8bf42b20d9

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From: Morten Hustveit <morten <at> eventures.vc>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: seq -s, 1 3 gives unexpected output
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:27:31 -0800

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Running "seq -s, 1 3" on coreutils 8.20 gives the output

  1
  2,3,

Running "seq -s, 1 3" on coreutils 8.13 gives the output

  1,2,3

I prefer the latter output.

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