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fold: '-' is not stdin #447

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@mknos mknos commented Feb 10, 2024

  • GNU fold treats '-' as a special file argument but that is an extension
  • Standards document contains wording that stdin is only used if no arguments are given; OpenBSD follows this [1]
  • The pod manual also says stdin is only used as a default for no file arguments ('-' is not documented to have a special meaning)
  • This change was recently made to bin/head also
  1. https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695299/utilities/fold.html

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fold: '-' is not stdin
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* GNU fold treats '-' as a special file argument but that is an extension
* Standards document contains wording that stdin is only used if no arguments are given; OpenBSD follows this [1]
* The pod manual also says stdin is only used as a default for no file arguments ('-' is not documented to have a special meaning)
* This change was recently made to bin/head also

1. https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695299/utilities/fold.html
@github-actions github-actions bot added Type: enhancement improve a feature that already exists Priority: low get to this whenever Program: fold The fold program labels Feb 10, 2024
@briandfoy briandfoy self-assigned this Feb 11, 2024
@briandfoy briandfoy merged commit cad8978 into briandfoy:master Feb 11, 2024
@briandfoy briandfoy added Status: accepted The fix is accepted and removed Priority: low get to this whenever labels Feb 11, 2024
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changes: don't treat - as standard input

@briandfoy briandfoy added Status: released there is a new release with this fix and removed Status: accepted The fix is accepted labels Mar 3, 2024
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