> Please advise if there is some other procedure I am supposed to follow for
> reporting this, or if you need other information.
You reported to the correct bug reporting address. But what you are
seeing is not a bug in cut program. But rather it is an omission in
the documentation for it.
> wc -l /tmp/vmtcpexit
> 156 /tmp/vmtcpexit
>
> wc -l /tmp/vmtcpexit | cut --fields=1
> 156 /tmp/vmtcpexit
>
> wc -l /tmp/vmtcpexit | cut -f 1
> 156 /tmp/vmtcpexit
>
> in other words, "cut" does not appear to be cutting anything.
The 'info cut' page says:
`-f FIELD-LIST'
`--fields=FIELD-LIST'
Print only the fields listed in FIELD-LIST. Fields are separated
by a TAB character by default.
But it should also say the following which is from the standards for
cut.
Lines with no field delimiters will be passed through intact,
unless -s is specified.
The HP-UX man page expands on this with the following:
Lines with no field delimiters will be passed through intact
(useful for table subheadings), unless -s is specified.
Therefore since your example does not include any TAB characters, that
is no field delimiters, the line will be passed through intact.
For the case of your example I would not recommend cut, but rather
awk. Try the following instead.
wc -l /tmp/vmtcpexit | awk '{print$1}'
Bob
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