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Re: builtin printf ignores straight '\c'
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: builtin printf ignores straight '\c' |
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Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:47:22 -0400 |
> Bash's printf appears to ignore the \c backslash escape:
This is, as you noted, as Posix specifies.
> When \c is provided via the %b conversion specifier, it is
> interpreted:
Again, this is as posix specifies.
I'm not inclined to change the current behavior.
Chet
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