Re: Format specifier for printf in manual

2021-12-21 Thread Chet Ramey
On 12/21/21 6:48 PM, fatipa...@tutanota.com wrote: If you want to read about the format specifiers, the first link from Lawrence's message is authoritative. Is printf an external program to bash? In this age, one uses a simple search on a manual rather than reading the 200 pages.

Format specifier for printf in manual

2021-12-21 Thread fatiparty--- via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell
-- Sent with Tutanota, the secure & ad-free mailbox. Dec 21, 2021, 23:35 by chet.ra...@case.edu: > On 12/21/21 6:12 PM, fatiparty--- via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again > SHell wrote: > >> It is still something that needs fixing.  Cannot see that it is described in >> the bash

Re: Format specifier for printf in manual

2021-12-21 Thread Chet Ramey
On 12/21/21 6:12 PM, fatiparty--- via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell wrote: It is still something that needs fixing.  Cannot see that it is described in the bash manual.  No mention of %s %d %o and related things.  Certainly not in the link you included. It's not a bug. There

Format specifier for printf in manual

2021-12-21 Thread fatiparty--- via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell
Dec 21, 2021, 22:51 by v...@larryv.me: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2021, at 5:40 PM, fatiparty--- via Bug reports for the GNU > Bourne Again SHell wrote: > >> Have tried to read some information about the format specifier for >> printf, particularly the width, precision and left justification for >> %s,

Re: Format specifier for printf in manual

2021-12-21 Thread Lawrence Velázquez
On Tue, Dec 21, 2021, at 5:40 PM, fatiparty--- via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell wrote: > Have tried to read some information about the format specifier for > printf, particularly the width, precision and left justification for > %s, but could not find any.

Format specifier for printf in manual

2021-12-21 Thread fatiparty--- via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell
Have tried to read some information about the format specifier for printf,  particularly the width, precision and left justification for %s, but could not find any.