$ printf ---%s---\\n test
bash: printf: --: invalid option
printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]
expected: ---test---
This seems to be the third bug I've found in bash's internal printf(1)
which breaks conformance to POSIX. Could you either fix this, or else
disable the printf (and po
When running in POSIX/sh mode, bash should either disable the echo
builtin or stop giving special treatment to -e and -E. In particular,
POSIX provides well-defined behavior for:
echo -e
bash gives: blank line
posix gives: line containing only "-e"
echo -E
bash gives: blank line
posix gives: line
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According to Rich Felker on 11/26/2007 8:51 PM:
> POSIX leaves behavior unspecified when -n is the first argument, and
> also when any argument contains backslashes. However, if conformance
> to the XSI part of SUSv3 is also desired, -e must be default
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According to Rich Felker on 11/26/2007 8:43 PM:
> $ printf ---%s---\\n test
> bash: printf: --: invalid option
That's not a bug. If you insist on printing with a format string that
starts with -, POSIX requires that you use -- to end arguments, as in
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According to Rich Felker on 11/26/2007 9:41 PM:
>>> $ printf ---%s---\\n test
>>> bash: printf: --: invalid option
>> That's not a bug. If you insist on printing with a format string that
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>> Please keep replies on the list, so that others may chime in.
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> According to Rich Felker on 11/26/2007 10:02 PM:
> > On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 09:54:52PM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
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> >> Pleas
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According to Eric Blake on 11/26/2007 10:09 PM:
>> Again, go read POSIX and if you're still unclear file a RFI. But it's
>> very clear and bash is incorrect in this respect.
>
> I'm on the Austin group, and feel quite confident that I understand what
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> According to Eric Blake on 11/26/2007 10:09 PM:
> >> Again, go read POSIX and if you're still unclear file a RFI. But it's
> >> very clear and bash is incorrect in this respect.
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