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diff --git a/tests/misc/cut-huge-to-eol-range.sh b/tests/misc/cut-huge-to-eol-range.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Ensure that cut does not allocate mem for a range like -b9999999999999-
+
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ cut
+require_ulimit_
+getlimits_
+
+# From coreutils-8.10 through 8.20, this would make cut try to allocate
+# a 256MiB bit vector.  With a 20MB limit on VM, the following would fail.
+(ulimit -v 20000; : | cut -b$INT_MAX- > err 2>&1) || fail=1
+
+compare /dev/null err || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail