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tac prints file lines in order when given a separator

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Tim Blair <trblair <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#7706: closed (Re: bug#7706: Cancel the bug report)
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:47:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#7706: tac prints file lines in order when given a separator

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 7706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: Tim Blair <trblair <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7706-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7706: Cancel the bug report
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:53:01 -0700

Tim Blair wrote:
> I misinterpreted the man page, there is no bug.

No problem.  Closing the bug then.  Thank you for participating in the
development of the GNU Project software.

Bob

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From: Tim Blair <trblair <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: tac prints file lines in order when given a separator
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:43:18 -0500

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[tim]$ /usr/bin/tac test.txt
six
five
four
three
two
one
[tim]$ /usr/bin/tac --separator=blah test.txt
one
two
three
four
five
six

The output of the first command makes sense, but I think that the second run
should print in the reverse order (and should have the separator, although I
could be misreading the man page)

Tim

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