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coreutils 5.0, "fmt -c -72" fails
From: |
Keith Thompson |
Subject: |
coreutils 5.0, "fmt -c -72" fails |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:13:32 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.2.5i |
The help message for the fmt command says:
In -wNUMBER, the letter `w' may be omitted.
This doesn`t work if the "-NUMBER" option is the last of two or more
options:
========================================================================
% uname -a
SunOS elmak 5.8 Generic_108528-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100 Solaris
% fmt --version
fmt (coreutils) 5.0
Written by Ross Paterson.
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
% echo This is ok | fmt -72 -c
This is ok
% echo This is ok | fmt -c -w72
This is ok
% echo This fails | fmt -c -72
Try `fmt --help' for more information.
========================================================================
Incidentally, you'll find another copy of this bug report in the archives
for the bug-gnu-utils mailing list for 1997-05-23.
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