Package: coreutils Version: 8.30-3 Hi,
POSIX specifies printf has no options, meaning this should print "--help". Arguments parsing must simply not be attempted at all in order to be compliant as far as I know. $ /usr/bin/printf --help Usage: /usr/bin/printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]... or: /usr/bin/printf OPTION ... >From https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/printf.html: > SYNOPSIS > > printf format [argument...] > > ... > > OPTIONS > > None. Bash also does not handle this correctly. However bash is not POSIX sh, hence it is not a bug. (It appears bash some some "printf -v var" extension.) I also tested zsh, which appears to be fully compliant. Thanks, -- Melvin Vermeeren
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