Hi, I'm using coreutils 6.12 and bash 3.2.048. I notice command line versions of printf(1), both external (/usr/bin/printf) and internal (bash command) do not support argument swapping as printf(3) does.
Reproduce with: $ printf '%2$s is %1$u years old' 31 Antonio bash: printf: `$': invalid format character or $ /usr/bin/printf '%2$s is %1$u years old' 31 Antonio /usr/bin/printf: %2$: invalid conversion specification This issue is not covered by the FAQ at http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html, therefore I think it's a bug, isn't it? thanks for help -- Antonio Bonifati http://monitor.deis.unical.it/ant gtalk: antonio.bonif...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
