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Re: 'command' builtin doesn't seem to work for external 'printf'
From: |
Carl Thompson |
Subject: |
Re: 'command' builtin doesn't seem to work for external 'printf' |
Date: |
Mon, 17 May 2021 16:00:10 -0700 (PDT) |
Nevermind! I was misunderstanding what the 'command' builtin does!
Thank you,
Carl
> On 5/17/2021 3:40 PM Carl Thompson <carl@carlthompson.net> wrote:
>
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>
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt
> -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin'
> -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/usr/bin' -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash.b
> ashrc' -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash.bash_logout'
> -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS
> uname output: Linux clip 5.10.26-brunch-sebanc #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 7
> 21:32:32 CEST 2021 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 5.1
> Patch Level: 4
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> 'command' builtin doesn't seem to work for external 'printf'. It
> appears to use the builtin.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> [cet@clip ~]$ printf
> printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]
>
> [cet@clip ~]$ type -P printf
> /usr/bin/printf
>
> [cet@clip ~]$ /usr/bin/printf
> /usr/bin/printf: missing operand
> Try '/usr/bin/printf --help' for more information.
>
> [cet@clip ~]$ command printf
> printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> I believe that running 'command printf' should yield the same result
> as running '/usr/bin/printf'
>
> Repeat-By:
> (See above)
>