GNU bug report logs - #15414
24.3; piping problems in eshell

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joseph Mingrone <jrm <at> ftfl.ca>

Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 01:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed, patch

Merged with 18569, 25549, 29154

Found in versions 24.3, 25.1, 25.3

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 15414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Joseph Mingrone <jrm <at> ftfl.ca>
Cc: 15414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15414: 24.3; piping problems in eshell
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:59:14 -0400

Joseph Mingrone wrote:

> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. M-x eshell
> 3. cat a_file | wc -l
>
> The output of 3. will be wrong for most files longer than something like
> 40 lines and it will often give different results each time 3. is run.

FWIW, I did not see this in 100 repetitions on a 100 line file, on
either of two systems. I got the correct answer every time.

I did notice that

  cat does-not-exist | wc -l 

returns 1 though.
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