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Re: printf and the $ modifier
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: printf and the $ modifier |
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Sat, 20 Dec 2014 13:11:31 -0500 |
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On 12/20/14 11:58 AM, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> In article <mailman.16494.1419004467.1147.bug-bash@gnu.org>,
> Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
>> 3. There's not actually a lot of demand to make it available, and few
>> implementations go through the pain (even the standalone GNU printf).
>> The only one I found after a quick non-exhaustive search is the ksh93
>> builtin, which doesn't use the libc printf engine at all.
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> I assume you mean "shell implementations". :-)
Point taken. I meant utility implementations.
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