When reading a printf width/precision argument, the value isn't checked
for overflow if it happens to be the last argument:
$ INT_MAX=$(getconf INT_MAX)
$ printf '[%*s]' "$((INT_MAX+1))"
[]
$ printf '[%*s]' "$((INT_MAX+1))" X
-bash: printf: X: Result too large
[]
..and the
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 23:42 Christoph Anton Mitterer
wrote:
> Hey Alex.
>
> On Thu, 2023-10-19 at 22:17 +0200, alex xmb sw ratchev wrote:
> > another answer
> > in ur code , force global / local whenever u need it
> >
> > ~ $ ( declare -g a ; a=2 ; declare -p a ; declare a ; declare -p a ;
> > a=
A few issues with handling of the new %ls, %lc and %Q conversion
specifications:
The %ls and %lc conversion specifications dereference a null pointer
if used without an argument:
$ (printf %ls)
Segmentation fault: 11
$ (printf %lc)
Segmentation fault: 11
The Q conversion specifie
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 16:58 Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 10/17/23 3:32 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:
>
> > The reason is that if there was no variable found prior to expanding
> > the subscript, bash does not check to see if one was created during
> > that process.
>
> Thanks, I'll consider it. Behavior vari
On 10/18/23 1:08 PM, Emanuele Torre wrote:
On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 11:24:11AM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote:
On 10/18/23 10:50 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
Is it really ok to break that behaviour?
That's why, if you want the first problem repaired, you have to specify
which word expansions are ok to pars
On 10/17/23 3:32 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:
The reason is that if there was no variable found prior to expanding
the subscript, bash does not check to see if one was created during
that process.
Thanks, I'll consider it. Behavior varies across shells in this area.
Chet
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