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-rw-r--r--NEWS3
-rw-r--r--TODO5
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi9
-rw-r--r--src/comm.c41
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/comm21
5 files changed, 66 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ba39d2faf..ce14695b2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
comm now verifies that the inputs are in sorted order. This check can
be turned off with the --nocheck-order option.
+ comm accepts new option, --output-delimiter=STR, that allows specification
+ of an output delimiter other than the default single TAB.
+
md5sum now accepts the new option, --quiet, to suppress the printing of
'OK' messages. sha1sum, sha224sum, sha384sum, and sha512sum accept it, too.
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index a48a8e6fa..81add2005 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ cp --recursive: use fts and *at functions to perform directory traversals
become very long, and requires space and time that is quadratic in the
depth of the hierarchy. [Bo Borgerson is working on this]
-comm: add an option, --output-delimiter=STR
- Files to change: src/comm.c, ChangeLog, NEWS, doc/coreutils.texi,
- Add a new file, tests/misc/comm (use another file in that directory as
- a template), to exercise the new option. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
-
printf:
Now that gnulib supports *printf("%a"), import one of the
*printf-posix modules so that printf(1) will support %a even on
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 3bedd73c7..d05577d54 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -4473,8 +4473,15 @@ Fail with an error message if either input file is wrongly ordered.
@item --nocheck-order
Do not check that both input files are in sorted order.
-@end table
+Other options are:
+
+@item --output-delimiter=@var{str}
+Print @var{str} between adjacent output columns,
+rather than the default of a single TAB character.
+The delimiter @var{str} may not be empty.
+
+@end table
@node tsort invocation
@section @command{tsort}: Topological sort
diff --git a/src/comm.c b/src/comm.c
index 01c0b8c61..9742fb371 100644
--- a/src/comm.c
+++ b/src/comm.c
@@ -65,10 +65,18 @@ static enum
CHECK_ORDER_DISABLED
} check_input_order;
+/* Output columns will be delimited with this string, which may be set
+ on the command-line with --output-delimiter=STR. The default is a
+ single TAB character. */
+static char const *delimiter;
+
+/* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
+ non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
enum
{
CHECK_ORDER_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1,
- NOCHECK_ORDER_OPTION
+ NOCHECK_ORDER_OPTION,
+ OUTPUT_DELIMITER_OPTION
};
@@ -76,6 +84,7 @@ static struct option const long_options[] =
{
{"check-order", no_argument, NULL, CHECK_ORDER_OPTION},
{"nocheck-order", no_argument, NULL, NOCHECK_ORDER_OPTION},
+ {"output-delimiter", required_argument, NULL, OUTPUT_DELIMITER_OPTION},
{GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
{GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
@@ -116,6 +125,9 @@ and column three contains lines common to both files.\n\
if all input lines are pairable\n\
--nocheck-order do not check that the input is correctly sorted\n\
"), stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
+ --output-delimiter=STR separate columns with STR\n\
+"), stdout);
fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
emit_bug_reporting_address ();
@@ -141,20 +153,20 @@ writeline (const struct linebuffer *line, FILE *stream, int class)
case 2:
if (!only_file_2)
return;
- /* Print a TAB if we are printing lines from file 1. */
+ /* Print a delimiter if we are printing lines from file 1. */
if (only_file_1)
- putc ('\t', stream);
+ fputs (delimiter, stream);
break;
case 3:
if (!both)
return;
- /* Print a TAB if we are printing lines from file 1. */
+ /* Print a delimiter if we are printing lines from file 1. */
if (only_file_1)
- putc ('\t', stream);
- /* Print a TAB if we are printing lines from file 2. */
+ fputs (delimiter, stream);
+ /* Print a delimiter if we are printing lines from file 2. */
if (only_file_2)
- putc ('\t', stream);
+ fputs (delimiter, stream);
break;
}
@@ -379,6 +391,17 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
check_input_order = CHECK_ORDER_ENABLED;
break;
+ case OUTPUT_DELIMITER_OPTION:
+ if (delimiter && !STREQ (delimiter, optarg))
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("multiple delimiters specified"));
+ delimiter = optarg;
+ if (!*delimiter)
+ {
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("empty %s not allowed"),
+ quote ("--output-delimiter"));
+ }
+ break;
+
case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
@@ -402,6 +425,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
+ /* The default delimiter is a TAB. */
+ if (!delimiter)
+ delimiter = "\t";
+
compare_files (argv + optind);
if (issued_disorder_warning[0] || issued_disorder_warning[1])
diff --git a/tests/misc/comm b/tests/misc/comm
index 39557d2c1..81a852944 100755
--- a/tests/misc/comm
+++ b/tests/misc/comm
@@ -115,6 +115,27 @@ my @Tests =
{EXIT=>1},
{OUT => "\t\t2\n"},
{ERR => "$prog: file 1 is not in sorted order\n"}],
+
+ # alternate delimiter: ','
+ ['delim-comma', '--output-delimiter=,', @inputs,
+ {OUT=>"1\n,2\n,,3\n"} ],
+
+ # two-character alternate delimiter: '++'
+ ['delim-2char', '--output-delimiter=++', @inputs,
+ {OUT=>"1\n++2\n++++3\n"} ],
+
+ # invalid empty delimiter
+ ['delim-empty', '--output-delimiter=', @inputs, {EXIT=>1},
+ {ERR => "$prog: empty `--output-delimiter' not allowed\n"}],
+
+ # invalid dual delimiter
+ ['delim-dual', '--output-delimiter=,', '--output-delimiter=+',
+ @inputs, {EXIT=>1}, {ERR => "$prog: multiple delimiters specified\n"}],
+
+ # valid dual delimiter specification
+ ['delim-dual2', '--output-delimiter=,', '--output-delimiter=,', @inputs,
+ {OUT=>"1\n,2\n,,3\n"} ],
+
);
my $save_temps = $ENV{DEBUG};