On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 1:10 AM, Geir Hauge <[email protected]> wrote:
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> though printf should be preferred over echo:
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> while read -r line; do printf '%s\n' "$line"; done < test.txt
>
I've never read about using printf in preference to echo. Why is that? I
have used it myself in special cases, such as wanting leading zeros
(i=0;printf '%03d\n' "${i}";)
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> --
> Geir Hauge
>
>
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