bug#67626: column with -t and piped extends a single line file into multiple lines

[Pádraig Brady]

tag 67626 notabug
close 67626
stop

On 04/12/2023 16:43, Remigiusz Suwalski via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
> Hi,
> today I have discovered accidentally that column utility behaves oddly when 
> piped to another command, as shown on example below. I am not sure whether this 
> is a bug or intended behaviour.
>
> First "column" built from sources (commit 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=94feb5a20d23904cc15cd857c4e00f35f495116c):
> $ echo '_ __ ___ ________ __________ ________' | ./column -t | nl # strange
> 1 __
> 2 ___
> 3 ___
> 4 _________
> 5 __________
> 6 _______


Bugs for column(1) should go to:

      E-MAIL: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
      Web:    https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues

cheers,
Pádraig