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bug#16329: `head --lines=-0' prints nothing if no newline at the EOF
From: |
Алексей Шилин |
Subject: |
bug#16329: `head --lines=-0' prints nothing if no newline at the EOF |
Date: |
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 19:50:56 +0400 |
Hi,
If one runs `head --lines=-0 somefile', he'll sometimes get no output instead
of full file contents as
expected after reading the manual:
-n, --lines=[-]K
print the first K lines instead of the first 10; with the lead‐
ing `-', print all but the last K lines of each file
It depends on whether the file has a trailing newline.
For example:
$ printf '1\n2\n3' > test1
$ printf '4\n5\n' > test2
$ head -n -0 test*
==> test1 <==
==> test2 <==
4
5
$ tail -n +0 test* # Just for comparison
==> test1 <==
1
2
3
==> test2 <==
4
5
$
I'm using Debian GNU/Linux 7 wheezy and coreutils-8.13; I've also tested
coreutils-8.22, and it has the
same issue.
A proposed patch fixing the bug is attached. It makes head behave exactly like
`tail -n +0' on same files.
--
Алексей Шилин
head_nlines_fix.patch
Description: Source code patch
- bug#16329: `head --lines=-0' prints nothing if no newline at the EOF,
Алексей Шилин <=