The following issue has been SUBMITTED. ====================================================================== https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1599 ====================================================================== Reported By: geoffclare Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: 1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2 Issue ID: 1599 Category: Shell and Utilities Type: Error Severity: Objection Priority: normal Status: New Name: Geoff Clare Organization: The Open Group User Reference: Section: strings Page Number: 3259 Line Number: 109562 Interp Status: --- Final Accepted Text: ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2022-08-15 10:26 UTC Last Modified: 2022-08-15 10:26 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: Unspecified behaviour for "strings -" too narrow Description: The strings DESCRIPTION says:<blockquote>If the first argument is '-', the results are unspecified.</blockquote> However, many implementations also treat '-' as special when it is not the first argument. They handle it as if it were a -a option, so:
strings -n 1 - file is equivalent to: strings -n 1 -a file On Solaris, macOS, and HP-UX, this includes still recognising options after '-', e.g. for: strings -n 1 - -t x file the -t x is recognised as an option. (Whereas GNU, with POSIXLY_CORRECT, reports that files named -t and x were not found.) GNU, Solaris, and HP-UX also treat an operand of '-' that is not the first argument as special. (For GNU it turns on -a for later files; for Solaris it turns on -a for all files; for HP-UX it is treated as a file named '-a'!) Desired Action: On page 3259 line 109562 section strings, change:<blockquote>If the first argument is '-', the results are unspecified.</blockquote>to:<blockquote>If any argument is '-', the results are unspecified.</blockquote> ====================================================================== Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2022-08-15 10:26 geoffclare New Issue 2022-08-15 10:26 geoffclare Name => Geoff Clare 2022-08-15 10:26 geoffclare Organization => The Open Group 2022-08-15 10:26 geoffclare Section => strings 2022-08-15 10:26 geoffclare Page Number => 3259 2022-08-15 10:26 geoffclare Line Number => 109562 2022-08-15 10:26 geoffclare Interp Status => --- ======================================================================
