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Re: [CRM114spam]: bug in printf bash command
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Dr. David Alan Gilbert |
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Re: [CRM114spam]: bug in printf bash command |
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Date: |
Mon, 9 Jul 2007 18:22:41 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
* J?rgen Niinre (address@hidden) wrote:
> Hello coreutils maintainer,
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> The bug is with the command printf:
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> address@hidden "%02i" 09
> -bash: printf: 09: invalid number
> address@hidden
Not-a-bug
Numbers starting with a '0' are interpreted as Octal like in C; e.g.
printf "%02i" 011
gets you 09.
Dave
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