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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0001599 | 1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2 | Shell and Utilities | public | 2022-08-15 10:26 | 2024-06-11 09:07 |
| Reporter | geoffclare | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | Objection | Type | Error |
| Status | Closed | Resolution | Accepted | ||
| Name | Geoff Clare | ||||
| Organization | The Open Group | ||||
| User Reference | |||||
| Section | strings | ||||
| Page Number | 3259 | ||||
| Line Number | 109562 | ||||
| Interp Status | --- | ||||
| Final Accepted Text | |||||
| Summary | 0001599: Unspecified behaviour for "strings -" too narrow | ||||
| Description | The strings DESCRIPTION says:If the first argument is '-', the results are unspecified. However, many implementations also treat '-' as special when it is not the first argument. They handle it as if it were a -a option, so: strings -n 1 - file is equivalent to: strings -n 1 -a file On Solaris, macOS, and HP-UX, this includes still recognising options after '-', e.g. for: strings -n 1 - -t x file the -t x is recognised as an option. (Whereas GNU, with POSIXLY_CORRECT, reports that files named -t and x were not found.) GNU, Solaris, and HP-UX also treat an operand of '-' that is not the first argument as special. (For GNU it turns on -a for later files; for Solaris it turns on -a for all files; for HP-UX it is treated as a file named '-a'!) | ||||
| Desired Action | On page 3259 line 109562 section strings, change:If the first argument is '-', the results are unspecified.to: If any argument is '-', the results are unspecified. | ||||
| Tags | tc3-2008 | ||||
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-15 10:26 | geoffclare | New Issue | |
| 2022-08-15 10:26 | geoffclare | Name | => Geoff Clare |
| 2022-08-15 10:26 | geoffclare | Organization | => The Open Group |
| 2022-08-15 10:26 | geoffclare | Section | => strings |
| 2022-08-15 10:26 | geoffclare | Page Number | => 3259 |
| 2022-08-15 10:26 | geoffclare | Line Number | => 109562 |
| 2022-08-15 10:26 | geoffclare | Interp Status | => --- |
| 2022-10-27 15:20 | Don Cragun | Status | New => Resolved |
| 2022-10-27 15:20 | Don Cragun | Resolution | Open => Accepted |
| 2022-10-27 15:21 | Don Cragun | Tag Attached: tc3-2008 | |
| 2022-11-08 14:10 | geoffclare | Status | Resolved => Applied |
| 2024-06-11 09:07 | agadmin | Status | Applied => Closed |
