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bug in my tr, version (GNU coreutils) 9.1

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From: Chris Elvidge <celvidge001 <at> gmail.com>
To: Anton Wessel <Anton_Wessel <at> t-online.de>, 58468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58468: bug in my tr, version (GNU coreutils) 9.1
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:21:16 +0100

On 11/10/2022 23:47, Anton Wessel wrote:
> in OS KNOPPIX 9.1
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> test:
> 
> echo -e "a\n\nb" | tr -s '\n'
> 
> or
> 
> echo -e "a\n\nb" | tr -s '\n' '\n'

You have only one empty line! You need 3 \n to get two empty lines.

$ echo -e "a\n\n\nb"
a


b


> 
> both empty lines are removed, not only one.
> 
> Please: is there a wayaround known?
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Anton_Wessel <at> t-online.de
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> 

Put your output through hexdump -c
You will see:

$ echo -e "a\n\n\nb" | hexdump -c
0000000   a  \n  \n  \n   b  \n
0000006

$ echo -e "a\n\n\nb" | tr -s '\n' | hexdump -c
0000000   a  \n   b  \n
0000004

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