On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 01:32:25 +0000, David H. Gutteridge wrote: > Log Message: > echo.1: borrow advice about printf(1) from the OpenBSD man page
Unfortunately that advice is not true without further caveats. netbsd$ sh -c "printf '-V\n'" -V $ busybox sh -c "printf '-V\n'" -V ubuntu$ $ dash -c "printf '-V\n'" dash: 1: printf: Illegal option -V $ bash -c "printf '-V\n'" bash: line 1: printf: -V: invalid option printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments] -uwe
