On Sat, Aug 13, 2022, at 10:06 PM, Martin D Kealey wrote:
> I note that
> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009696699/utilities/cut.html says:
> *> The elements in list can be repeated, can overlap, and can be specified
> in any order, but the bytes, characters, or fields selected shall be
> written in the order of the input data.*
>
> The intention behind this is so that cut can be implemented as a small
> state machine using just getchar, putchar, and a counter. This avoids
> copying via a line buffer, and that implies there should be no line-length
> limit.
That is explicitly required:
INPUT FILES
The input files shall be text files, except that line lengths
shall be unlimited.
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