On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 07:17:59PM +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi Ralph, > > Ralph Corderoy wrote on Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 11:28:40AM +0000: > > Ingo: > >> Ralph: > >>> Ingo: > >>>> Ralph: > [...]
> The printf(1) utility is already used in > > * Makefile.in (5 places) > * bootstrap (8 places) > * build-aux (10 places in multiple scripts) > * configure (several places) > [...] > >> . pso sh -c \ > >> "printf '%s' '.ds *f ' ; \ > >> ls \\*[fontpath]/dev\*[.T] \ > >> - | tr '[:cntrl:]' '[ *32]'" > >> + | tr '\\\\n' ' '" > >> . \" This dummy line is necessary; the preceding line eats it. > For the record. Avoid unnecessary output (files contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_[nx].in). ls \\*[fontpath]/dev\*[.T] \ | tr '[:cntrl:]' '[ *32]'" becomes cd \\*[fontpath]/dev\*[.T] ; \ printf '%s ' * " -- Bjarni I. Gislason