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cat: error without arguments

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: lilydjwg <lilydjwg <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#76255: closed (Re: bug#76255: cat: error without arguments)
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:23:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#76255: cat: error without arguments

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 76255 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: lilydjwg <lilydjwg <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 76255-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76255: cat: error without arguments
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:22:02 -0800

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On 2025-02-12 22:45, lilydjwg wrote:
> cat: -: input file is output file

Thanks for the bug report. The symptoms you observe are a bug in 'cat'. 
I also see a bug in Gawk which I reported to the Gawk maintainer 
<https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gawk/2025-02/msg00003.html>. I don't see a 
bug in zsh or fish but perhaps I'm missing something.

To fix the 'cat' bug I installed the attached patch into bleeding-edge 
Coreutils on Savannah, and something like this patch should appear in 
the next release.

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From: lilydjwg <lilydjwg <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: cat: error without arguments
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:45:39 +0800

In the past I can run `cat` without any arguments and it prints
whatever I type at the terminal. However since 9.6, `cat` reports the
following error:

cat: -: input file is output file

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Best regards,
lilydjwg

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