Public bug reported:
The utility ``column`` gives the error ``column: line too long``, and
does not produce the correct output, when given an input without a
trailing newline:
$ python3 -c "print('a\nb\nc')" | column
a b c
$ python3 -c "print('a\nb\nc', end='')" | column
column: line too long
a b
$
This seems to be a bug, as it is not the case on my Manjaro laptop,
which uses the column utility from pacman's util-linux package:
$ python3 -c "print('a\nb\nc')" | column
a b c
$ python3 -c "print('a\nb\nc', end='')" | column
a b c
$ pacman -Qo column
/usr/bin/column is owned by util-linux 2.32.1-2
Building the util-linux on ubuntu similarly gives what would appear to
be correct behaviour:
$ make column > /dev/null
$ python3 -c "print('a\nb\nc', end='')" | ./column
a b c
$
System / package information:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
$ apt-cache policy bsdmainutils
bsdmainutils:
Installed: 11.1.2ubuntu1
Candidate: 11.1.2ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 11.1.2ubuntu1 500
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: bsdmainutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
column error if no trailing newline
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