GNU bug report logs - #28316
tr -d

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: John Pateman <jpateman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 15:09:02 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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From: John Pateman <jpateman <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: tr -d
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 12:28:32 +0100

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macOS 10.12.

Problems with tr -d
Removal of character 'd' from test string when tr invoked with -d
incantation.

Example

[abc <at> xyx] ~ $ echo uuid:8ddddb8d5 | tr -d 'uuid:'

Expected output
8ddddb8d5

Actual output
8b85

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