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bug#45890: Printf bug GNU coreutils 8.30/8.32
From: |
Andrea Dari |
Subject: |
bug#45890: Printf bug GNU coreutils 8.30/8.32 |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:08:58 +0000 |
Hello,
I'm using GNU coreutils 8.30, I found that the printf tool is broken while
coding a shell script.
andrea@Workstation:~$ printf --version
bash: printf: --: invalid option
printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]
I tried with coreutils 8.32 too with the same error.
PRINTF(1) man page reports the option valid:
NAME
printf - format and print data
SYNOPSIS
printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]...
printf OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT, or execute according to OPTION:
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
...
the option --help works.
I have another issue with printf, I wanted to print a string that starts with
"-" and printf parse it like an option:
andrea@Workstation:~$ printf "->"
bash: printf: ->: invalid option
printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]
I'm doing something wrong?
Best Regards,
Andrea Dari
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