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Not a bug... but, where is 'sprintf' builtin?
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William Park |
Subject: |
Not a bug... but, where is 'sprintf' builtin? |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:00:23 -0400 |
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash'
-DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -O4 -march=i686
uname output: Linux node1 2.6.7 #6 SMP Sun Aug 22 23:49:58 EDT 2004 i686
unknown unknown GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 3.0
Patch Level: 0
Description:
In ./CHANGES, it mentions 'sprintf' builtin,
> a. There is a new loadable builtin: sprintf, with calling syntax
> sprintf var format [args]
> This provides an easy way to simulate ksh left- and
right-justified
> variable values.
Has it been withdrawn? I guess, you can do
var=`printf format [args]`
instead, but...
- Not a bug... but, where is 'sprintf' builtin?,
William Park <=