bug#6366: join can't join on numeric fields

2010-06-07 Thread Alex Shinn
Hi, Ideally join should be able to handle files sorted in any order that sort provides, but as a bare minimum it should at least be able to join files sorted on numeric fields. The attached simple patch provides -n, --numeric-sort options to this effect. -- Alex --- src/join.c~ 2010-04-21

bug#6353: cp and mv with single wild card argument acts as if multiple arguments were entered.

2010-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Hi Darwin, I am happy that you are satisfied with the responses. I am going to close the bug ticket in the bug tracking system with this message. Bob

bug#6277: cut: Please add CSV parsing

2010-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Hi Sandy, I am happy that you are satisfied with the responses. I am going to close the bug ticket in the bug tracking system with this message. Please feel free to respond and add additional information if desired. The group will all see it and the ticket will keep track of it. Bob

bug#6055: Add an example to --help for date

2010-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
It has been some time without any activity on this bug report. Since I don't think this is likely to be implemented and there hasn't been any other activity I am going to close the bug in the bug tracking system. Please feel free to follow up and add more information if desired. It will be seen

bug#6138: mv while maintaining relative symbolic links

2010-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Peng Yu wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: To do what you are asking would require that every move operation consult the contents of every symlink on the filesystem and adjust those other symlinks. Worse this is not only on the current filesystem but also on other filesystems. ... I agree with

bug#6366: join can't join on numeric fields

2010-06-07 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 07/06/10 06:19, Alex Shinn wrote: Hi, Ideally join should be able to handle files sorted in any order that sort provides, but as a bare minimum it should at least be able to join files sorted on numeric fields. Well if there were no aliases in the numbers, you could always sort the

bug#6110: shred suggestion

2010-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
There hasn't been any activity on this issue for a while now. It isn't a bug in coreutils nor will it be added as a feature. So I am going to close it from the bug tracking system with this message. Feel free to respond and add more information to the ticket as needed. Bob Bob Proulx wrote:

bug#6236: Bug report in Date Command

2010-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Eric Blake wrote: This is a mailing list frequented by lots of readers. I'm not David, but I can reply. By coincidence I am not David either. But will respond too anyway. :-) lijian 65631 wrote: When I input the comman 'date +%Y%m%d -d 1986-05-04 1 day' to get the next day of

bug#6235: hostname and -b option

2010-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Hi Nelson, Have there been any new developments with this issue? Note that the BTS is tracking it here: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6235 Bob

bug#6138: mv while maintaining relative symbolic links

2010-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Peng Yu wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Is there any new information on this issue? Have you made any progress on your own solution? No. I don't find any tool either. I think it is unlikely (I haven't read any enthusiasm for it from the group) for adding this type of functionality to mv. I

bug#6053: cp, ls, and mv bug: unknown error (252)

2010-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Pádraig Brady wrote: Callahan, Patrick M. wrote: When using coreutils binaries either built from sources or installed from the Porting And Archive Centre for HP-UX we see errors of the type below when copying (cp), listing (ls), or moving (mv) files or directories on Quantum's StorNext

bug#6195: Feature Request for fold

2010-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
BJ Dierkes wrote: Pádraig Brady wrote: $ git --no-pager log --oneline | fold -s `fmt` seems to nearly do what you want, and with a little sed you can line up correctly: fmt -t | sed 's/^ //' I'm not against a --indent option to fold but with the overlap between

bug#6330: Feature request: mktemp creates named pipes

2010-06-07 Thread Eric Blake
On 06/03/2010 01:09 PM, Sebastien Andre wrote: I see two reasons why the addition of a --fifo option is better than using existing tools: * Creating a temporary directory to finally create a pipe just because it is safe this way is kind of a trick. For the clarity of scripts, it would

bug#6175: [PATCH] dirname: tweak summary wording

2010-06-07 Thread Eric Blake
* doc/coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Reword to be more precise. * src/dirname.c (usage): Likewise. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Filipus Klutiero, bug 6175. --- On 05/17/2010 09:36 AM, Eric Blake wrote: On 05/17/2010 09:17 AM, Filipus Klutiero wrote: [revisiting an older thread] Strip

bug#6175: [PATCH] dirname: tweak summary wording

2010-06-07 Thread Jim Meyering
Eric Blake wrote: * doc/coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Reword to be more precise. * src/dirname.c (usage): Likewise. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Filipus Klutiero, bug 6175. ... diff --git a/src/dirname.c b/src/dirname.c index 4f18fe9..f6997c3 100644 --- a/src/dirname.c +++