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Date:      Tue, 11 Apr 1995 20:21:44 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        miff@spam.apana.org.au
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: bin/334: -n option to strings does not work
Message-ID:  <199504111821.UAA05218@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199504111330.GAA19716@freefall.cdrom.com> from "miff@spam.apana.org.au" at Apr 11, 95 06:30:01 am

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As miff@spam.apana.org.au wrote:
> 
> The -n number option to /usr/bin/strings is not implemented correctly. Any
> attempt to specify a number generates an error.

This has already been fixed before:

revision 1.2
date: 1995/02/15 02:47:47;  author: davidg;  state: Exp;  lines: +1 -1
>Description:

        The "strings" program chokes if you try using "-n".

>How-To-Repeat:

        Try "strings -n SOMENUMBER SOMEFILE".

>Fix:

Here's a "diff -u" patch that corrects the problem.

Submitted by:   Lon Willett <lon%softt.uucp@math.utah.edu> via NetBSD


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cheers, J"org

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