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Re: [patch] cat -n bug from 33 years ago



On Wed 15 Nov 2023 at 08:04:42 -0300, Crystal Kolipe wrote:
> The attached patch fixes a bug in /bin/cat when using -n with multiple input
> files.  This bug seems to have been introduced in 4.3BSD-Reno.
> 
> Numbering currently starts over at 1 for each input file, here is a simple
> reproducer:

If you want to have continuing (non-restarting) numbering for multiple
input files, one could use "cat file1 file2 | cat -n".

-Olaf.
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___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert                            <rhialto/at/falu.nl>
\X/ There is no AI. There is just someone else's work.           --I. Rose

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