https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219080
Bug ID: 219080 Summary: "sort" command -o output to overwrite the input file, new file permission neither the input file one nor umask conf Product: Base System Version: 11.0-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: ffp.how...@gmail.com Given a txt/csv file named 'a', -rw-r--r-- 1 howie howie 18 May 5 16:26 a $ sort -k 1 -r a -o b $ ls -la total 37 drwxr-xr-x 2 howie howie 4 May 5 16:33 . drwxr-xr-x 10 howie howie 12 May 5 16:26 .. -rw------- 1 howie howie 18 May 5 16:33 a -rw-r--r-- 1 howie howie 18 May 5 16:32 b That's ok! Now, let's use sort to 'update' the input file, note the file permission of 'a' $ sort -k 1 -r a --output a $ls -la total 37 drwxr-xr-x 2 howie howie 4 May 5 16:47 . drwxr-xr-x 10 howie howie 12 May 5 16:26 .. -rw------- 1 howie howie 18 May 5 16:47 a -rw-r--r-- 1 howie howie 18 May 5 16:32 b $ chmod a+r a $ ls -la total 37 drwxr-xr-x 2 howie howie 4 May 5 16:47 . drwxr-xr-x 10 howie howie 12 May 5 16:26 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 howie howie 18 May 5 16:47 a -rw-r--r-- 1 howie howie 18 May 5 16:32 b $ sort -k 1 -r a --output a $ ls -la total 37 drwxr-xr-x 2 howie howie 4 May 5 16:48 . drwxr-xr-x 10 howie howie 12 May 5 16:26 .. -rw------- 1 howie howie 18 May 5 16:48 a -rw-r--r-- 1 howie howie 18 May 5 16:32 b -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"