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printf '\x' exit status is 0
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Poor Yorick |
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printf '\x' exit status is 0 |
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Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:51:59 +0000 |
(on my debian system, bashbug reports for bash 2.05)
printf status is 0 but /usr/bin/printf is 1. Is this the expected behavior?
denada@debian:~$ bash3
denada@debian:~$ bash3 --version
GNU bash, version 3.00.16(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
denada@debian:~$ printf '\x'
bash3: printf: missing hex digit for \x
\xdenada@debian:~$ echo $?
0
denada@debian:~$ /usr/bin/printf '\x'
/usr/bin/printf: missing hexadecimal number in escape
denada@debian:~$ echo $?
1
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Poor Yorick
- printf '\x' exit status is 0,
Poor Yorick <=