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bug in cut -n " " -f 1 *

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7443: closed (bug in cut -n " " -f 1 *)
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:19:02 +0000

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From: Yasmani Lara <yasmanilara <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug in cut -n " " -f 1 *
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:53:18 -0500

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Hi core team, i'm  relatively new on linux  and recently  test something *cut
-n " " -f 1 **  and what sorprise an unexpected result, a fall of letters
and don't stop until Crtl+C keypress. Forgive my bad english, still
learning. Grettings from Cuba

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Yasmani Lara <yasmanilara <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7443-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7443: bug in cut -n " " -f 1 *
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:22:44 +0000

On 19/11/10 13:53, Yasmani Lara wrote:
> Hi core team, i'm  relatively new on linux  and recently  test something *cut
> -n " " -f 1 **  and what sorprise an unexpected result, a fall of letters
> and don't stop until Crtl+C keypress. Forgive my bad english, still
> learning. Grettings from Cuba

Hi.
This seems like incorrect usage.
The command presented will output everything
before the first \t in each file in the current directory,
including any binary files.

I'm guessing you may want: cut -d ' ' -f1 -- *

thanks,
Pádraig.

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