[Bug 1161073] Re: seq puts the separator on wrong spot!

[C de-Avillez]

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version, coreutils version).

I can confirm this on coreutils 8.20 (Raring, version 8.20-3ubuntu5):

[cerdea-aws]cerdea at xango3:/build/buildd/coreutils$ seq --version
seq (GNU coreutils) 8.20
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Ulrich Drepper.
[cerdea-aws]cerdea at xango3:/build/buildd/coreutils$ seq -s, 5
1
2,3,4,5,[cerdea-aws]cerdea at xango3:/build/buildd/coreutils$ 

But I cannot see it on a more up-to-date coreutils:

[cerdea-aws]cerdea at xango3:/build/buildd/coreutils$ src/seq --version
seq (GNU coreutils) 8.21.20-2c2d0
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Ulrich Drepper.
[cerdea-aws]cerdea at xango3:/build/buildd/coreutils$ src/seq -s, 5
1,2,3,4,5
[cerdea-aws]cerdea at xango3:/build/buildd/coreutils$ 

So I will check as soon as possible for the fix.

** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  seq puts the separator on wrong spot!

Status in “coreutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  $ seq -s,  5

  Expected: 1,2,3,4,5
  Got: 1\n2,3,4,5,

  (\n denotes a newline)

  Also note the extreme difference between outputs of these
  $ seq -s ',' 5
  1\n2,3,4,5,

  $ seq -s ', ' 5
  1, 2, 3, 4, 5\n

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