GNU bug report logs - #19240
cut 8.22 adds newline

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: John Kendall <john <at> capps.com>

Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 16:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #36 received at 19240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: John Kendall <john <at> capps.com>, 19240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19240: cut 8.22 adds newline
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:24:36 -0700

Additional interesting cases from my friend Ken.

  HP-UX 11.31 (and earlier)
  # printf "one two" | cut -d' ' -f2
  #

  AIX 4.3 (and presumably also earlier releases)
  # printf "one two" | cut -d' ' -f2
  #

  Tru64 V5.0A
  # printf "one two" | cut -d' ' -f2
  #

  AIX 5.2 (and later releases)
  # printf "one two" | cut -d' ' -f2
  two
  #

  Solaris 11 (and earlier)
  # printf "one two" | cut -d' ' -f2
  two
  # printf "one two" | cut -c5-7
  two#
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