Hi, On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 08:49:51AM +0200, Erik Auerswald wrote: > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 09:19:36PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: > > On 6/24/21 4:46 PM, F8ER F8ER wrote: > > >For example, `shuf -i 101-100 -n 1` returns nothing with the exit code > > >= 0 (unexpected). > > > > Actually, it's the expected behavior. It's the same behavior as > > 'shuf -n 1 </dev/null'. The '-n 1' option does not mean "output > > exactly 1 line"; it means "output at most 1 line". > > I think the reported issue is with producing no error with LO==HI+1, > but producing an error with LO<HI+1: ^ LO>HI+1
Sorry! Thanks, Erik -- Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.