Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 09:31:10 -0700 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Garrett Cooper <ngie@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-projects@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r304035 - projects/netbsd-tests-update-12/bin/cat/tests Message-ID: <30030790.ZPeSnnAZ0H@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <201608130253.u7D2r2bO052346@repo.freebsd.org> References: <201608130253.u7D2r2bO052346@repo.freebsd.org>
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On Saturday, August 13, 2016 02:53:02 AM Garrett Cooper wrote: > Author: ngie > Date: Sat Aug 13 02:53:02 2016 > New Revision: 304035 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/304035 > > Log: > Hack around output differences between FreeBSD and other BSDs > with cat(1) > > cat -be on FreeBSD doesn't align the $ with the start of the line > like NetBSD, et al's cat -be does To be clear, the "correct" format to use for -be isn't defined. BSD (as in 4.4), OS X, and gcat all use the same format as FreeBSD. OpenBSD and Dragonfly have only adopted the "new" format in the last 2 months. (NetBSD adopted it back in 1998.) OTOH, it's not clear how useful combining -b with -e is or what semantics are really "correct" either. -- John Baldwin
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