split -C should not be buffered
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Description
$ while sleep 1; do printf hello; done |split -C 1000 should glow size of xaa by 1 second.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported shell pipeline with the split -C 1000 command and observe whether xaa grows while input arrives once per second. Trace the split command's handling of -C and buffering, then verify that the output file grows during the stream rather than only after buffered input is flushed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
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- 65/100