`shuf -i 1-x' complained "shuf: invalid input range `x'", but the invalid range is actually `1-x'. I installed this:
2006-09-18 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * src/shuf.c (main): Quote the entire range when reporting an invalid one, rather than just the part that contained the error. --- src/shuf.c 9 Aug 2006 18:07:43 -0000 1.2 +++ src/shuf.c 18 Sep 2006 20:36:50 -0000 @@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) { unsigned long int argval = 0; char *p = strchr (optarg, '-'); + char const *hi_optarg = optarg; bool invalid = !p; if (input_numbers_option_used (lo_input, hi_input)) @@ -292,10 +293,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) || SIZE_MAX < argval); *p = '-'; lo_input = argval; - optarg = p + 1; + hi_optarg = p + 1; } - invalid |= ((xstrtoul (optarg, NULL, 10, &argval, NULL) + invalid |= ((xstrtoul (hi_optarg, NULL, 10, &argval, NULL) != LONGINT_OK) || SIZE_MAX < argval); hi_input = argval; _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils