Activity log for bug #1793668

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2018-09-21 07:35:08 Roel Van de Paar bug added bug
2018-09-21 07:35:36 Roel Van de Paar description cd /tmp rm -Rf tst err echo 'if [ "$1" == "" ]; then echo "empty"; else cat $1; fi' > tst chmod +x tst echo "a" > err ls err | xargs ./tst # ./tst: 1: [: err: unexpected operator ./tst err # works fine, outputs 'a' On Ubuntu the error will be shown, on Centos it won't. The error looks to be incorrect. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release: 18.04 $ xargs --version xargs (GNU findutils) 4.7.0-git Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <duplicated by 1793668> please close
2018-09-21 07:37:01 Roel Van de Paar description <duplicated by 1793668> please close cd /tmp rm -Rf tst err echo 'if [ "$1" == "" ]; then echo "empty"; else cat $1; fi' > tst chmod +x tst echo "a" > err ls err | xargs ./tst # ./tst: 1: [: err: unexpected operator ./tst err # works fine, outputs 'a' On Ubuntu the error will be shown, on Centos it won't. The error looks to be incorrect. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release: 18.04 $ xargs --version xargs (GNU findutils) 4.7.0-git Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2018-09-21 12:22:14 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags bot-comment
2018-09-21 13:04:58 Brian Murray affects ubuntu findutils (Ubuntu)
2018-09-21 21:20:49 Roel Van de Paar findutils (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2018-10-21 07:11:31 Andreas Metzler findutils (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Invalid