-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to James Youngman on 7/21/2007 8:25 AM: [thread starts at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-07/msg00060.html]
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "%02i" 09 >>> -bash: printf: 09: invalid number >> >> printf "%02i" 011 >> >> gets you 09. > > > Obviously, "Invalid octal number" would have been a more helpful error > message. Not as obvious, this was reported to the wrong list. Coreutils' printf does this: $ /bin/printf %02i 09 /bin/printf: 09: value not completely converted It is bash's printf which could be improved, so I'm forwarding this to the bug-bash list. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGohl984KuGfSFAYARAujQAJ9kBTfP0R9HF21dn5FpH+X76cmZtACg0ntu CektDEFvNbq4C4fw1IZAX5A= =lXtC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
