Pádraig Brady <p...@draigbrady.com> writes:

> Can someone at least confirm that we (should) interpret
> the "a   x" input as having 2 fields, 'a' and '   x' ?

"A field comprises a maximal sequence of non-separating characters and,
in the absence of option −t, any preceding field separator."

Andreas.

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