Re: PATCH: adds seq [octal]/hexidecimal integer output

[Paul Eggert]

Kuwanger <address@hidden> writes:

>> $ printf '%.30d\n' 9223372036854775807
>> 000000000009223372036854775807
>
> Are you sure that's not bash outputing the value?

Yes.  "printf --version" says "coreutils 5.3.1" (which means its CVS
coreutils -- 5.3.1 isn't out yet).

> is there a later version of coreutils available?

There's CVS coreutils:

http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/coreutils

which is the best for developing patches.  If you want something a bit
older, there's alpha coreutils:

ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.3.0.tar.gz