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sum: does not always display filename


From: Matt Weinstein
Subject: sum: does not always display filename
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:45:19 -0500

Problem:
sum does not output the filename of the file being sum(med) if only one
filename is supplied.

This could lead to problems with e.g. archiving systems, etc.

This is inconsistent and undocumented to the best of my knowledge.

Repeat by:
    echo "hi there" > foo
    echo "hi there" > bar
    $ sum foo
    31345     1
    $ sum foo bar
    31345     1 foo
    31345     1 bar
Note missing "foo" in first sequence above.

Workaround:
None found.


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