Package: coreutils Version: 5.2.1-2 from man page:
FORMAT controls the output as in C printf. Interpreted sequences are: [...] \c produce no further output but executing printf "one\n\cword\n" produces one \cword interestingly, on our freebsd system the man page says the same thing and their binary isn't acknowledging the \c either. same source? using libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]