Re: Possible bug in ``cut -c --output-delimiter''

[David Krider]

On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 21:57, David Krider wrote:

> > cat dump.txt|cut -c 1-69|sort -u|cut --output-delimiter=\| -c
> 1-17,19-32,34-52,54-
>  10165301        |M CPC         |TABAR, FR CORVETTE |4105128
>  4656102       RI|HRYSLER       |TABAR, FR 01 PT    |656102
>  4694750         |HRYSLER       |TABAR, FR NS       |VX-2513-H
>  52088126        |HRYSLER       |OIL FR TJ          |2088119AB
>  52088127        |HRYSLER       |OIL FR TJ          |2088119AB
>  52088128        |HRYSLER       |OIL FR TJ          |2088119AB
>  52088129        |HRYSLER       |OIL FR TJ          |2088119AB
>  F65A-5B326-CA   |ORD           |-BAR, FR           |MTB-001

I joined the list only to ask about this situation. No one responded, so
I'll try one more time. Is the changed behavior in cut (with an output
delimiter) a bug or a feature?

Thanks,
dk