[BusyBox] Re: Bug Report:BB 1.00 sed(address "$" matches end of all input files)

[Rob Landley]

On Tuesday 02 November 2004 03:48, Hiroshi Ito wrote:
> Hello, Rob.
>
> I found another bug.

I'm glad somebody is.  Sorry I've been offline for a couple days...

> ---BB's sed---
> /tmp # (echo 1; echo 2; echo 3) > a
> /tmp # sed -n -e '$ p' a a
> 3		    <= $ matches end of first file.
> 3

Hmmm...  Not quite sure what the space between $ and p would do in this 
context.  I'd have to look at the code or the spec, but it's probably 
skipped...

> /tmp # sed -n -e '3,4 p' a a
> 3		    <= good.
> 1
> /tmp # sed -n -e '2,$ p' a a
> 2
> 3		   <= $ matched end of first file.
> /tmp # sed -n -e '$,4 p' a a a
> 3		   <= $ matched end of first file.
> 1
> 3		   <= $ matched end of second file.
> 3

Line count's getting reset with each new input file isn't it?  Sigh.  
Shouldn't be too hard to fix, but again it'll have to wait until this 
evening...

Rob