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From: "Pádraig Brady" <P@draigBrady.com>
To: Remigiusz Suwalski <remigiusz.suwalski@protonmail.ch>,
	67626@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#67626: column with -t and piped extends a single line file into multiple lines
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 17:08:19 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6051306d-2a32-c081-b907-b3e584300bd4@draigBrady.com> (raw)
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On 04/12/2023 16:43, Remigiusz Suwalski via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
> Hi,
> today I have discovered accidentally that column utility behaves oddly when piped to another command, as shown on example below. I am not sure whether this is a bug or intended behaviour.
> 
> First "column" built from sources (commit https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=94feb5a20d23904cc15cd857c4e00f35f495116c):
> $ echo '_ __ ___ ________ __________ ________' | ./column -t | nl # strange
> 1 __
> 2 ___
> 3 ___
> 4 _________
> 5 __________
> 6 _______


Bugs for column(1) should go to:

       E-MAIL: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
       Web:    https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues

cheers,
Pádraig




      reply	other threads:[~2023-12-04 17:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-04 16:43 bug#67626: column with -t and piped extends a single line file into multiple lines Remigiusz Suwalski via GNU coreutils Bug Reports
2023-12-04 17:08 ` Pádraig Brady [this message]

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