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BUG found in comm

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Raphael Borchert <raphael.borchert <at> porsche.de>

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:21:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 9094-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Raphael Borchert <raphael.borchert <at> porsche.de>
Subject: Re: BUG found in comm
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:10:41 +0200

> I found a bug in "comm"
> If I use "comm -1 -3 MNF.lst sketch.lst", I get the number "104014", but
> both files contain the number   "104014"
>
> here my terminal:
> [p308663 <at> cexlx111 SKETCH]$ comm -1 -3 MNF.lst sketch.lst | head -20
> 11250
> 104014
> 104079

Thank you for the report.  However, that is not a bug.
The problem is that your input is not sorted, and comm
requires that each input stream be sorted.

Using the --check-order option shows the offending line:

    $ comm --check-order -1 -3 MNF.lst sketch.lst
    11250
    comm: file 2 is not in sorted order
    [Exit 1]

I've closed this "issue".
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