GNU bug report logs - #76743
BUGGY "cut" and "printf" with func arg $@

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: "G.K." <kreutzgoran <at> gmail.com>, 76743 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: info <at> ujz-korn.de
Subject: Re: bug#76743: BUGGY "cut" and "printf" with func arg $@
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 16:19:30 +0000

tag 76743 notabug
close 76743
stop

On 04/03/2025 14:24, G.K. wrote:
> HI THERE
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> any bash code to described the buggy form
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> attachment pic displayed standardout
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> https://www.facebook.com/100013673347475/posts/2029907180808374
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> I'AM USED TERMUX , ANDROID 11 ON FON GS4
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> #1
> echo -e "1\n2\n3\n4"'' | tac | cut -zf-4
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> WILL NOT DISPLAYED 1LINE
> 🤔
> to any command "cut" will this not

I don't know what you're trying to do with either cut or printf.
I don't think there is a bug here, perhaps a confusion with shell quoting.
Marking this as not coreutils related for now.

cheers,
Pádraig

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