GNU bug report logs - #34115
coreutils v. 8.30– Document's content gets deleted using cat(1)

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From: Ricky Tigg <ricky.tigg <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: coreutils v. 8.30– Document's content gets deleted using cat(1)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 13:53:24 +0100

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Hi. On *Fedora Desktop 29*,  using *GNU bash*, v. 4.4.23(1), in a *GUI*
terminal emulator – *gnome-terminal* was used – under your home directory,
create if not present file *.inputrc* a follow:

$ cat > .inputrc
set enable-bracketed-paste on

Press *Return*, then *Ctrl D*.

$ cat .inputrc
set enable-bracketed-paste on

*Copy* the first two-lined command at once then *paste* it into a *GUI*
text editor – *Gedit* was used –. .Log out from the terminal's session,
then log in as same user. Results are:

$ cat > .inputrc
set enable-bracketed-paste on
$ cat .inputrc
$

Content of *.inputrc*,  which is expected to be still present, has been
deleted.
Regards.

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Message #8 received at 34115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Ricky Tigg <ricky.tigg <at> gmail.com>, 34115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34115: coreutils v. 8.30– Document's content gets deleted using cat(1)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:00:46 -0700

tags 34115 notabug
close 34115
merge 34115 33823
stop


Hello,


On 2019-01-17 5:53 a.m., Ricky Tigg wrote:
[...]
> 
> $ cat > .inputrc
> set enable-bracketed-paste on
> 
> Press *Return*, then *Ctrl D*.
> 
[...]

> Content of *.inputrc*,  which is expected to be still present, has been

This sounds very similar to the previous email
you sent ( https://bugs.gnu.org/33823 ).

As before, it is not a problem in "cat",
but perhaps a problem in your GUI, X11, xterminal,
or perhaps a problem in copy&pasting to the clipboard.

regards,
 - assaf

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