Re: bug in join ?

[Jim Meyering]

Thanks for the report.
That's fixed in the latest test release.
  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/

  $ printf '5:2:7 \n6:2:8\n' > b
  $ printf '1:2:3\n' > a
  $ join -t ':' -1 2 -2 2 a b|cat -A
  2:1:3:5:7 $
  2:1:3:6:8$

durif_philippe <address@hidden> wrote:
| I think there is a bug in "join" :
|
| join --version
| join (GNU textutils) 1.22
|
| uname -a
| Linux saison.lifl.fr 2.2.5-15 #1 Mon Apr 19 23:00:46 EDT 1999 i686 unknown
|
|
| The problem is that when there is a space at the end
| a line of the file -2, join inserts a new separator at the
| end of the line produced.