Bug report from https://www.illumos.org/issues/4854
printf(1) fails posix compliant handling of %b and \\c /usr/bin/printf "%b\\n" abc\\c123 abcc123 Should have been just "abc" /usr/bin/printf "abc\\c123" abc> Should have been "abcc123" or possibly "abc\\c123" (technically this behavior is a bit unspecified by POSIX). ksh93's printf actually does something much stranger: $ printf "abc\\c123" abcq23 While the handling of \\c in the format string is possibly open to interpretation, History #1 Updated by Electric Monk 7 days ago % Done changed from 90 to 100 Status changed from New to Closed git commit 598f4ceed9327d2d6c2325dd67cae3aa06f7fea6 commit 598f4ceed9327d2d6c2325dd67cae3aa06f7fea6 Author: Garrett D'Amore <[email protected]> Date: 2014-05-13T22:44:40.000Z 4818 printf(1) should support n$ width and precision specifiers 4854 printf(1) doesn't support %b and \\\\c properly Reviewed by: Keith Wesolowski <[email protected]> Approved by: Gordon Ross <[email protected]> Irek _______________________________________________ ast-developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-developers
