Package: coreutils Version: 8.32-4+b1 Version: 9.1-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
Given
% pr -2 -w22 -n american.med+.mwl | cat -A
what do you expect the first bit to be?
We know that (per POSIX) -n is equivalent to -n<tab>5;
we know therefore, that each column looks like
NNNNN<tab>data
since we know we want two columns,
and the minimal separator between them is one blank,
those will be
NNNNN<tab>data NNNNN<tab>data
5 0 x 15 0 x
(remember that <tab> is !print),
so given -w22 we can say that
2*(5+0+x)+1=22
thus
x=5.5
or, indeed, 5.
So, were we to emulate this, we would expect
% out/cmd/pr -2 -w22 -n american.med+.mwl | cat -A
$
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$
$
1^Ia/S 57^IAbern$
2^IA's/I 58^Iaberr$
3^IAAC 59^Iaberr$
4^IAache 60^Iabet/$
5^IAaliy 61^Iabett$
6^Iaardv 62^Iabett$
7^IAaron 63^Iabett$
8^Iabaci 64^Iabett$
9^Iaback 65^Iabeya$
10^Iabacu 66^Iabeya$
11^Iabaft 67^Iabhor$
12^Iabalo 68^Iabhor$
13^Iaband 69^Iabhor$
14^Iaband 70^Iabhor$
15^Iaband 71^Iabhor$
16^Iabase 72^Iabhor$
17^Iabase 73^Iabide$
so what in the world happened to
% pr -2 -w22 -n american.med+.mwl | cat -A
$
$
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$
$
1^Ia/ 57 Ab$
2^IA' 58 ab$
3^IAA 59 ab$
4^IAa 60 ab$
5^IAa 61 ab$
6^Iaa 62 ab$
7^IAa 63 ab$
8^Iab 64 ab$
9^Iab 65 ab$
10^Iab 66 ab$
11^Iab 67 ab$
12^Iab 68 ab$
13^Iab 69 ab$
14^Iab 70 ab$
15^Iab 71 ab$
16^Iab 72 ab$
17^Iab 73 ab$
?
Best,
наб
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