Subject: Re: bug#33823: coreutils v.8.30 – Command, pasted from text editor to GUI terminal, not displayed though applied

From: Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 22:53:58 -0700

tags 33823 notabug
close 33823
stop

Hello,

On 2018-12-21 8:06 a.m., Ricky Tigg wrote:
> 
> Paste it to a text editor keeping a *mono-space* font as font applied to
> text.
>  From text editor copy that same pattern.
> Paste it into terminal as new command.
> Press *Enter*-key.
> End file (*Ctrl D*).
> 
[...]

> Pasted text content 'A' is not exhibited. Thought once queried it does
> exist. Probably a bug. 

This might be a bug in your terminal or a configuration
issue in the clipboard of your X system - but it is not a bug
in coreutils (the cat(1) program did what you asked it to do).

As such I'm closing this as "notabug", but discussion can continue by
replying to this thread.

-assaf