GNU bug report logs - #20874
Split -d skips to 9000 at 90

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Kevin Tan <jurassicplayer75 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:25:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 25832

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

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From: Kevin Tan <jurassicplayer75 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Split -d skips to 9000 at 90
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 02:20:25 -0700

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Coreutils version: 8.23-3ubuntu1
Operating system: Ubuntu 15.04

Split with numeric suffixes adds extra digits in the suffix from 90+ and
begins counting again from the 9000s. All 90s after the first have no jumps.

Example:
    split -b 2048 -d testfile.bin splitfile.

With a large enough test file (721KB) the resultant files:
splitfile.00, splitfile01, splitfile.02
...
splitfile.89, splitfile.9000, splitfile.9001, splitfile.9002
...
splitfile.9262, etc.

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bug#20874; Package coreutils. (Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:11:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Kevin Tan <jurassicplayer75 <at> gmail.com>, 20874 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20874: Split -d skips to 9000 at 90
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:10:28 +0100

tag 20874 notabug
close 20874
stop

On 22/06/15 10:20, Kevin Tan wrote:
> Coreutils version: 8.23-3ubuntu1
> Operating system: Ubuntu 15.04
> 
> Split with numeric suffixes adds extra digits in the suffix from 90+ and begins counting again from the 9000s. All 90s after the first have no jumps.
> 
> Example:
>     split -b 2048 -d testfile.bin splitfile.
> 
> With a large enough test file (721KB) the resultant files:
> splitfile.00, splitfile01, splitfile.02
> ...
> splitfile.89, splitfile.9000, splitfile.9001, splitfile.9002
> ...
> splitfile.9262, etc.
> 


It's done like that so there is no limit to the number of output files,
but also that those output files sort correctly with a lexical sort.
If you want consecutive numbers then specify enough digits wiht -a5 etc.

thanks,
Pádraig.
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:11:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 20874 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Kevin Tan <jurassicplayer75 <at> gmail.com> Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:11:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 29 Oct 2018 02:45:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 20874 25832. Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 29 Oct 2018 02:45:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:24:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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