GNU bug report logs - #76743
BUGGY "cut" and "printf" with func arg $@

Reported by: "G.K." <kreutzgoran <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 15:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: "G.K." <kreutzgoran <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Cc: info <at> ujz-korn.de
Subject: BUGGY "cut" and "printf"  with func arg $@
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:24:31 +0100

HI THERE 


any bash code to described the buggy form 

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https://www.facebook.com/100013673347475/posts/2029907180808374

I'AM USED TERMUX , ANDROID 11 ON FON GS4




#1
echo -e "1\n2\n3\n4"'' | tac | cut -zf-4 

WILL NOT DISPLAYED 1LINE
🤔
to any command "cut" will this not



#2
#.sh
#$ . hashmark 1 2

fname(){
         declare local IFS='#'
         echo "var IFS local #1 $1 $2 , \$# $# , \$* $* , \$@ $@"
         }

fname $1 $2
echo
printf "%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s\n"'var IFS global #2 '"$1 $2"' , $# '"$#"' , $* '"$*"' , $@ '"$@"
echo
printf "\n%s%s"\$@ $@
echo
printf '$@'"%s"$@
echo
printf "%s%s"'$@ '$@
echo
printf "%s" $@
echo
printf "%s"$@
echo
printf "%s %s" "\$@" " $@ "
echo

WILL NOT CORRECT DISPLAYED "$@" 
THE DIFFERENCE JUMPED IN LINES  FROM "$@" 
😋

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: "G.K." <kreutzgoran <at> gmail.com>, 76743 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: info <at> ujz-korn.de
Subject: Re: bug#76743: BUGGY "cut" and "printf" with func arg $@
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 16:19:30 +0000

tag 76743 notabug
close 76743
stop

On 04/03/2025 14:24, G.K. wrote:
> HI THERE
> 
> 
> any bash code to described the buggy form
> 
> attachment pic displayed standardout
> 
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/100013673347475/posts/2029907180808374
> 
> I'AM USED TERMUX , ANDROID 11 ON FON GS4
> 
> 
> 
> 
> #1
> echo -e "1\n2\n3\n4"'' | tac | cut -zf-4
> 
> WILL NOT DISPLAYED 1LINE
> 🤔
> to any command "cut" will this not

I don't know what you're trying to do with either cut or printf.
I don't think there is a bug here, perhaps a confusion with shell quoting.
Marking this as not coreutils related for now.

cheers,
Pádraig

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GNU bug report logs - #76743 BUGGY "cut" and "printf" with func arg $@

GNU bug report logs - #76743
BUGGY "cut" and "printf" with func arg $@