bug(stat): ./stat --format '%s' a > /dev/full panics
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Hi, uutils mainteners
i see stat panics when trying to redirect ./stat --format '%s' a to /dev/full
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./stat --format '%s' a > /dev/full
thread 'main' (71086) panicked at /rustc/d595fce01043347bf7f80e85b76dcc41b59a3e6e/library/std/src/io/stdio.rs:1166:9:
failed printing to stdout: No space left on device (os error 28)
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$
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