[Bug 213510] csplit does not work any more

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213510

Ross McKelvie <ross at exitzero.uk> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Ross McKelvie <ross at exitzero.uk> ---
I have experienced the same issue and an additional issue with csplit on
11.0-RELEASE-p3.  To replicate create a file called 'bigfile' with the
contents:

BEGINS
Section One
Text for section one.

Section Two
Text for section two.

Section Three
Text for section three.

ENDS

Run csplit:
csplit bigfile '/Section/' '{1}'

Expected result:
3 files: xx00, xx01 and xx02 each containing text for each section with a
trailing newline; for example xx00:
BEGINS
Section One
Text for section one.

ENDS

Actual result:
2 files: xx00 and xx01.  xx00 is empty and xx01 contains the single line
"Section One".

Splitting by line number is also broken.

Run csplit:
csplit bigfile 4 7

Expected result:
3 files: xx00, xx01 and xx02 each containing text for each section with a
trailing newline.

Actual result:
3 files: xx00 containing the single line "Section One", xx01 containing the
single line "Text here from section one" and xx02 containing a newline
character.

A potential workaround is instead using the split utility, for example:
split -p 'Section' bigfile

However, split does not offer the complexity of csplit and is not suitable as a
direct substitute.

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