In article <mailman.16494.1419004467.1147.bug-b...@gnu.org>, Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@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.
I assume you mean "shell implementations". :-) Gawk's printf supports it, if that's of any use to anyone. Arnold -- Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com
