forbid scientific notation in numfmt #11655

src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs

@@ -47,6 +47,19 @@
         None => input_line,
     };
 
+    // Return false if the input is in scientific notation
+    if let Some(pos) = line.iter().position(|&b| b == b'E' || b == b'e') {
+        if pos < line.len() - 1 {
+            if line[pos + 1] >= 48 && line[pos + 1] <= 57 {
+                let errormsg = format!(
+                    "invalid suffix in input: '{}'",
+                    NumfmtError::FormattingError(String::from_utf8_lossy(line).to_string())
+                );
+                return Err(Box::new(NumfmtError::FormattingError(errormsg)));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // In non-abort modes we buffer the formatted output so that on error we
     // can emit the original line instead.
     let buffer_output = !matches!(options.invalid, InvalidModes::Abort);

tests/by-util/test_numfmt.rs

@@ -1405,7 +1405,6 @@ fn test_large_integer_precision_loss_issue_11654() {
 // uutils accepts scientific notation (`1e9`, `5e-3`, ...); GNU rejects it
 // as "invalid suffix in input".
 #[test]
-#[ignore = "GNU compat: see uutils/coreutils#11655"]
 fn test_scientific_notation_rejected_by_gnu_issue_11655() {
     new_ucmd!()
         .arg("1e9")