The following command hangs indefinitely, as expected:
tail -c 4096 /dev/random
The following command immediately returns 4097 bytes, unexpectedly:
tail -c 4097 /dev/random
Details:
- Source code obtained from: git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils
- Commit id: 9ab1f9db94479eca4dd2c29b4e21550ff2bcd5bb
- System:
$ uname -a
Linux zinc 6.1.0-20-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian
6.1.85-1 (2024-04-11) x86_64 GNU/Linux
