Re: loadable cut builtin gives assertion botched in free()

Chet Ramey <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:43:22 -0400

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On 3/16/26 1:41 AM, Duncan Roe wrote:
> Hi Chet,
> 
> Bash version: devel tip (or any other branch tip)
> Sample:-
> | 16:17:12$ echo A=BB| cut -f1 -d' ' | cut -f2 -d=
> | BB
> | 16:17:38$ enable cut
> | 16:17:46$ echo A=BB| cut -f1 -d' ' | cut -f2 -d=
> | BB
> |
> | malloc: cut.c:342: assertion botched
> | free: start and end chunk sizes differ
> | last command: echo A=BB| cut -f1 -d' ' | cut -f2 -d=
> | Aborting...Aborted                    (core dumped) echo A=BB | cut -f1 -d' ' | cut -f2 -d=
> | 16:17:49$ rm core

Thanks for the report and fix.

Chet

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