GNU bug report logs - #32308
doc: join: mention whitespace is significant

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>

Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 03:12:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>, 32308 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32308: join doesn't ignore trailing whitespace
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:48:54 -0600
severity 32308 wishlist
retitle 32308 doc: join: mention whitespace is significant
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Hello,

On 2018-07-29 9:11 p.m., Dima Kogan wrote:
> It appears that join doesn't ignore trailing whitespace, resulting
> in surprising results. 
[...]
 > I guess the manpage isn't explicit about what happens in this case, but
> as a user, I find this to be extremely surprising, and this thus feels
> like a bug.

I've marked this as a wishlist item - to be improved in the future.

-assaf




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