OK, attached is a proposed patch to coreutils. Michael, can you give it a try?
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From: Paul Eggert <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 20:14:55 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] tr: add -A, for compatibility with AIX tr
Problem reported by Michael (Bug#29946).
* src/tr.c (main): Add undocumented -A option.
---
src/tr.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/tr.c b/src/tr.c
index 4f407f4..ae05192 100644
--- a/src/tr.c
+++ b/src/tr.c
@@ -1705,10 +1705,16 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
atexit (close_stdout);
- while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+cCdst", long_options, NULL)) != -1)
+ while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+AcCdst", long_options, NULL)) != -1)
{
switch (c)
{
+ case 'A':
+ /* Undocumented option, for compatibility with AIX. */
+ setlocale (LC_COLLATE, "C");
+ setlocale (LC_CTYPE, "C");
+ break;
+
case 'c':
case 'C':
complement = true;
--
2.7.4
