On 29 Mar, Chet Ramey wrote: > That's what the `--' first argument is for: don't treat any remaining > arguments as possible options.
In that sense, I suppose it *is* consistent with all the other commands. It's just a trap that the user must be aware of (as they must in general), when constructing commands from variable components. So it would always be safe to use: printf -- "format-str" args, which probably should be the recommended usage in the man page, rather than: printf "format-str" args. BTW, the bash man entry doesn't mention any options for the builtin printf - does it accept --version and --help like the standalone one does? Thanks, luke _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
