GNU bug report logs - #34488
Add sort --limit, or document workarounds for sort|head error messages

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 14:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 34488 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 34488 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34488: Add sort --limit,
 or document workarounds for sort|head error messages
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:49:38 +0800

>>>>> "AG" == Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> writes:
AG> The errors are not "random" - they happen because you explicitly
AG> cut short the output of a program.

Well the user thinks "hey I cut short 5 lines, 45 lines, 495 lines, and
then one I got a job at a big company and cut short 4995 lines and got
this error message just when the boss was looking."

So be sure to mention it. Thanks.
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