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Bug #796226 {Done: Michael Stone } [coreutils] cat:
truncates long lines when input is terminal
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Bug #796226 {Done: Michael Stone } [coreutils] cat:
truncate
Package: coreutils
Version: 8.23-4
Severity: grave
Justification: causes non-serious data loss
Dear Maintainer,
The command 'cat > somefile' truncates input lines longer than 4096
characters.
To reproduce:
[[[
% yes | head -2049 | xargs | xclip -i # copy 4098 bytes on a single line
% xclip
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