Re: /usr/bin/printf: invalid universal character name

[Hermann Peifer]

Bruno Haible wrote:
> Hermann Peifer wrote:
>   
> > Why does /usr/bin/printf "\x41\n" print 'A' and  /usr/bin/printf "\u0041\n"
> > reports: 'invalid universal character name \u0041'
> >     
>
> The former prints a byte with a particular value. It prints an 'A' on ASCII
> systems and something else on EBCDIC systems.
>
> The latter is meant to print a character 'A'. But to get the character 'A',
> you can just write /usr/bin/printf "A\n" portably, everywhere. So there's no
> need for the \u notation here.
>
> Bruno
>   

Many thanks for your time and explanations. It looks like there is no 
bug and we can close this case.

Regards, Hermann