GNU bug report logs - #18807
seq does not play nice with large 64 bit integers

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Thaddaeus Frogley <thaddaeus <at> bossalien.com>

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:18:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Thaddaeus Frogley <thaddaeus <at> bossalien.com>
Cc: 18807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18807: seq does not play nice with large 64 bit integers
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:54:32 +0100

tag 18807 notabug
close 18807
stop

On 10/23/2014 02:12 PM, Thaddaeus Frogley wrote:
> seq 2305843009213693952 2305843009213693954
> 
> 
> Should produce
> 
> 
> 2305843009213693952
> 2305843009213693953
> 2305843009213693954
> 
> 
> But actually produces (repeating for ever):
> 
> 
> 2.30584e+18
> ... 

That's been fixed for quite a while,
with the latest versions just manipulating text
for simple integers like this, and so can work
for any length strings.

thanks,
Pádraig.
This bug report was last modified 10 years and 211 days ago.

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