Subject: bug#15869: Bug in seq command --separator option

From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:44:12 +0000

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On 11/12/2013 08:01 AM, James Bowlin wrote:
> I'm using seq from the coreutils-8.20 package on Gentoo Linux.
> 
> Here is the incorrect output
> 
>     $ seq -s, 1 5
>     1
>     2,3,4,5,%
> 
> The newline comes after the "1" instead of after the "5".  The "%"
> indicates the lack of a newline.  A comma is lacking after the "1"
> and an extra comma was added after the "5".
> 
> Here is the correct output from the busybox seq:
> 
>    $ busybox seq -s, 1 5
>    1,2,3,4,5

That was fixed in the coreutils-8.21 release (2013-02-14)

sorry for the trouble,
Pádraig.