Re: Bug#185365: coreutils: seq format of %f doesn't allow "" or 0

[Dan Jacobson]

>>>>> "M" == Michael Stone <address@hidden> writes:

M> On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 07:11:16AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
>> seq says it uses printf style strings.

M> It does not say it supports full printf syntax. In the man page you'll
M> find: "When given, the FORMAT argument must contain exactly
M>        one of the printf-style, floating point output formats %e, %f, %g"

Well, still not clear enough, even if they capitalize "exactly".  They
should emphasize that one can't use "" or 0 etc.  Otherwise one would
just do man 3 printf to read more...
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