Subject: Re: bug#34115: coreutils v. 8.30– Document's content gets deleted using cat(1)

From: Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:00:46 -0700

tags 34115 notabug
close 34115
merge 34115 33823
stop

Hello,

On 2019-01-17 5:53 a.m., Ricky Tigg wrote:
[...]
> 
> $ cat > .inputrc
> set enable-bracketed-paste on
> 
> Press *Return*, then *Ctrl D*.
> 
[...]

> Content of *.inputrc*,  which is expected to be still present, has been

This sounds very similar to the previous email
you sent ( https://bugs.gnu.org/33823 ).

As before, it is not a problem in "cat",
but perhaps a problem in your GUI, X11, xterminal,
or perhaps a problem in copy&pasting to the clipboard.

regards,
  - assaf