GNU bug report logs - #26519
Documentation for cut --fields=field-list giving faulty info on awk

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Bo Rydberg <bolry <at> hotmail.com>

Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:25:02 UTC

Severity: minor

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

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From: Bo Rydberg <bolry <at> hotmail.com>
To: "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Documentation for cut --fields=field-list giving faulty info on awk
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 16:24:47 +0000

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As seen at https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/cut-invocation.html, the section for ‘-f field-list’
‘--fields=field-list’ hints at some examples of using awk. The second example is wrong. it states:
awk '{print $NF-1}' # print the penultimate field
when it should be
awk '{print $(NF-1)}' # print the penultimate field
i.e., parenthesis missing.


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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Bo Rydberg <bolry <at> hotmail.com>, 26519-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26519: Documentation for cut --fields=field-list giving
 faulty info on awk
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:12:07 -0700

On 14/04/17 09:24, Bo Rydberg wrote:
> As seen at https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/cut-invocation.html, the section for ‘-f field-list’
> ‘--fields=field-list’ hints at some examples of using awk. The second example is wrong. it states:
> awk '{print $NF-1}' # print the penultimate field
> when it should be
> awk '{print $(NF-1)}' # print the penultimate field
> i.e., parenthesis missing.

Indeed. I guess that was tested with echo 1 2 3 :)
Committed in your name at:
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=v8.27-22-g8d34b45

thanks,
Pádraig
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 15 May 2017 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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