+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #129114 +++ From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; zh-CN; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20031114 MultiZilla/1.6.3.1c Description of problem: Where are two file: $ cat file1 1 abc 2 def 3 ghi 4 jkl $ cat file2 a 123 b 456 c 789 d 248 and my locale is: $ locale LANG=zh_CN.GB18030 LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.GB18030 LC_NUMERIC="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_MONETARY="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 LC_PAPER="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_NAME="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_ADDRESS="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_TELEPHONE="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_MEASUREMENT="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_IDENTIFICATION="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_ALL= then when execute the command as below: $ cut -d " " -f 1 file1 file2 always gets this result: 1 2 3 4 \n I think this is a bug of core 1's cut's bug, but not a bug of coreutils. Because I download the coreutils from gnu and complie it, the cut has no this problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): coreutils-5.0-34.1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Create two file: $ cat file1 1 abc 2 def 3 ghi 4 jkl $ cat file2 a 123 b 456 c 789 d 248 2.Set the locale to LANG=zh_CN.GB18030 LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.GB18030 LC_NUMERIC="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_MONETARY="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 LC_PAPER="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_NAME="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_ADDRESS="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_TELEPHONE="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_MEASUREMENT="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_IDENTIFICATION="zh_CN.GB18030" LC_ALL= 3. Execute this command: $ cut -d " " -f 1 file1 file2 Actual Results: the command give this result 1 2 3 4 \n Expected Results: 1 2 3 4 a b c d Additional info: I think this is a bug of core 1's cut, but not a bug of coreutils. Because I download the coreutils from gnu and complie it, the cut has no this problem.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-544.html
*** Bug 167018 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***