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Re: split behavior


From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: Re: split behavior
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:29:26 +0100
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Roger McNichols wrote:
> 
> I found a machine with the old version of split.
> 
> home:~> uname -a
> Linux home 2.2.13 #4 Thu May 8 23:11:31 CDT 2003 i686 unknown
> home:~>
> home:~> split --version
> split (GNU textutils) 1.22
> home:~>
> 
> 
> Here's the result of 
> home:~> cat /var/log/messages | split -2 - /tmp/x.
> 
> not exactly as I recalled. instead of adding zz first time, adds za but ends 
> with yz,
> then starts adding zz...  Anyway:
> 
> x.aa
> x.ab
> ...
> x.yz
> x.zaaa
> x.zaab
> ...
> x.zyzz
> x.zzaaaa
> x.zzaaab

Interesting. I can confirm that textutils-1.22 behaves as above.
http://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/textutils/textutils-1.22.tar.gz

I'll have a look later this evening to see when/why this changed.

cheers,
Pádraig.




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