(on my debian system, bashbug reports for bash 2.05) printf status is 0 but /usr/bin/printf is 1. Is this the expected behavior?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bash3 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bash3 --version GNU bash, version 3.00.16(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ printf '\x' bash3: printf: missing hex digit for \x [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $? 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/bin/printf '\x' /usr/bin/printf: missing hexadecimal number in escape [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $? 1 -- Poor Yorick _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash