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From: | Linda Walsh |
Subject: | bug#18186: cat.c needs fixing since 1998 |
Date: | Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:04:31 -0700 |
User-agent: | Thunderbird |
Paul Eggert wrote:
James Simmons, President & CEO wrote:cat file1.txt file2.txt >>output.txt file1.txt contains a single line containing IP addresses. file2.txt contains a single line with more IP addresses. output.txt SHOULD contain a single lineIf the input contains two lines, the output should too. Sorry, I don't see a bug here.
--- If he is using an editor like Vim, it will not show you the last linefeeds in the file because it always inserts them automatically unless you are in binary mode. I had a similar problem with vim force inserting an LF on a file update, just to "help me". The problem comes when you want to concatenate text fields, where neither are terminated by an LF. I think that may be what the OP is expecting, not knowing that the problem may be in their texteditor that won't inhibit address@hidden in text mode even though it has a flag for it.
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