-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Ar3s on 4/15/2009 5:25 PM: > > echo "a"|cut --delimiter=" " --fields=2- > I have assumed that it would return an empty string > but it returns a > > Is it normal or is it a bug in the matrix ?
Not a bug. According to POSIX, when -f (--fields) is in effect, "Lines with no field delimiters shall be passed through intact, unless -s is specified." http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/cut.html - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknmdi4ACgkQ84KuGfSFAYAkTgCgisZvDyTqndnpeCndakyi+5X3 MF0An25gnnLbOhxNseucHbdiJu0ox5gL =GStU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
