Bug#873476: coreutils: /bin/cat doesnt display a line of a txt file without an end of line [shell prompt problem]

2017-08-29 Thread Jean-Luc Coulon
Le 29/08/2017 à 00:51, Bob Proulx a écrit : I was confused because this file used to be "displayable" with the cat command (which is very handy to do this kind of thing). I can guess that your prompt has probably gotten fancier. But regardless this is a good thing to find anyway. Because sho

Bug#873476: coreutils: /bin/cat doesnt display a line of a txt file without an end of line [shell prompt problem]

2017-08-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Hello Jean-Luc, Jean-Luc Coulon wrote: > Thank you for the clear and detailed informations. You are most welcome. I know it was a confusing case. > Yes, *I* use cat (display a file on a terminal) as you said since... well... > maybe 1976 ;) But in these years, the standard output was a belt pri

Bug#873476: coreutils: /bin/cat doesnt display a line of a txt file without an end of line [shell prompt problem]

2017-08-28 Thread Jean-Luc Coulon
Hi Bob, Thank you for the clear and detailed informations. Yes, *I* use cat (display a file on a terminal) as you said since... well... maybe 1976 ;) But in these years, the standard output was a belt printer. And yes, the culprit was the prompt. I'm using zsh with a fancy prompt. Switching

Bug#873476: coreutils: /bin/cat doesnt display a line of a txt file without an end of line

2017-08-28 Thread Dominik George
Hi, > I've a "VERSION" file for a package (not from debian) and this file doesnt > have a 0x0A at the end of the line. > cat doesnt display any contents (less does). > If I add lines before the offending line, these lines are displayed but not > the last one. > > Attached: the VERSION file whic

Bug#873476: coreutils: /bin/cat doesnt display a line of a txt file without an end of line

2017-08-28 Thread Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)
Package: coreutils Version: 8.26-3 Severity: normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I've a "VERSION" file for a package (not from debian) and this file doesnt have a 0x0A at the end of the line. cat doesnt display any contents (less does). If I add lines before the offending l