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``` my_func() { #return 0 #return 5 sleep 60 } my_func_timeout() { local _sec_limit _pid _sec_limit=3 my_func & _pid="${!}" while test "$((_sec_limit = _sec_limit - 1))" -ge 0; do sleep...

cut is accepting a decreasing range

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This is correctly rejected: `echo 123 | cut -b '3-1'; echo $?` but this is currently allowed: `echo 123 | cut -b '3-2'; echo $?` Why is that? cut included...

Trying to use exec to replace a not-interactive process with an interactive one doesn't work inside su

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Trying to use exec to replace a not-interactive process with an interactive one doesn't work inside su. Example: `busybox su -c 'exec sh -s -c "echo 123"'` It should remain...

Strange behaviour of which

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``` $ busybox ash $ export PATH='C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin' $ command -v which which $ which -a start $ command -v start C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/start ``` I haven't figured out why `which`...

cut -s doesn't remove blank lines

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`cut -s` doesn't remove blank lines, but I think it should. Example: `wmic.exe cpu get DataWidth /VALUE | tr -d '\r' | cut -d '=' -f '2-' -s` **Edit:** With...

stat: can't stat ssh.exe: No such file or directory

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This is what I get with 32-bit BusyBox: ``` $ stat 'C:/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/ssh.exe' stat: can't stat 'C:/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/ssh.exe': No such file or directory ``` Can it be fixed please? **PS:** The file...

Timezones are wrong

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Bash online: ``` $ TZ='UTC' date Thu Sep 19 03:18:14 AM UTC 2024 $ TZ='Europe/Rome' date Thu Sep 19 05:18:14 AM CEST 2024 $ TZ='CET' date Thu Sep 19 05:18:14...

Issue with busybox ash inside bash

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By running busybox ash inside bash (bash is from https://gitforwindows.org/) I get this:  Is there any way to fix it without manually altering PS1 or not? From a different...

From du manual: ``` ‘-B size’ ‘--block-size=size’ Scale sizes by size before printing them (see [Block size](https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Block-size.html)). For example, -BG prints sizes in units of 1,073,741,824 bytes. ‘-b’ ‘--bytes’ Equivalent...

BusyBox update

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@yashdsaraf Hi, I'm still using your busybox binaries. Thanks for all the works. Do you plan to update them?