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tr result is different when executed in /usr/bin

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From: Benoît DUNAND-LAISIN
 <benoit.dunand-laisin <at> prologism.fr>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: tr result is different when executed in /usr/bin
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:43:29 +0100

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Problem discovered in tr (GNU coreutils) 8.13 on a Ubuntu 12.04.

Running those commands:

cd $HOME
echo "Linux" | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]

will result: linux

Running the same from /usr/bin:

cd /usr/bin
echo "Linux" | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]

will result: winux
which is obviously a bad answer.

In debug mode:

sh -xc "echo "Linux" | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]"
+ echo Linux
+ tr [:upper:] w
winux

Regards.

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