Package: bsdutils
Version: 1:2.13-2
Severity: wishlist
# make a huge number, show the size
% calc '100000!' > /tmp/100000fact
% wc /tmp/100000fact
1 1 456576
# try to columnate it.
% column -c 80 /tmp/100000fact | head
column: line too long
{ repeats for several screens }
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
{ ditto }
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
('calc' is in the 'apcalc' package.)
It'd be nice if the program could work with such long strings. If
that's unfeasible, then 'man column' should note the maximum length of
an input line (unless it does already and I've missed it).
Hope this helps...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages bsdutils depends on:
ii libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncurses5 5.6+20070825-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
Versions of packages bsdutils recommends:
ii bsdmainutils 6.1.7 collection of more utilities from
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