Bob, The other forms work ok. I do have strace and tried the command but it works everytime running it through strace.
Pat -----Original Message----- From: Bob Proulx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:07 AM To: Pat Robinson Cc: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: Re: Problem with wc Pat Robinson wrote: > cat foo | wc -l > works the first time but will hang on subsequent attempts (foo is a > ordinary text file). > cat foo | more > works fine time after time That is really strange. I can't imagine what the problem would be in that case. It is almost like no EOF is being recieved when piping. > I'm running 6.9 coreutils on Windows XP x64 Try this test: wc -l < foo Does that hang? Try this test. Does this hang? cat foo | cat | more I would really like to see the result of 'strace' on wc. strace wc -l < foo But I don't think strace is available on your system. If it were that would trace the system calls made by the program and we would be able to (hopefully) see what it is doing. Obviously wc is not hanging for others using the program so this must be something specific to your system or to the binary compilation that you are using. I am sorry but I don't have any further suggestions. Bob ------------------------------------------------------------ The information contained in this transmission may be confidential. Any disclosure, copying, or further distribution of confidential information is not permitted unless such privilege is explicitly granted in writing by Quantum Corporation. Furthermore, Quantum Corporation is not responsible for the proper and complete transmission of the substance of this communication or for any delay in its receipt. ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils