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bug#73068: printf: please implement POSIX:2024 argument reordering


From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: bug#73068: printf: please implement POSIX:2024 argument reordering
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 19:30:38 +0100
User-agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Beta

On 06/09/2024 15:06, Bruno Haible wrote:
Hi,

POSIX:2024 specifies that printf(1) should support numbered conversion
specifications:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/printf.html
https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1592

Could this support please be added to GNU coreutils? As of coreutils 9.5,
I still get:

   $ /usr/bin/printf 'abc%2$sdef%1$sxxx\n' 1 2
   abc/usr/bin/printf: %2$: invalid conversion specification


This make sense to implement.
I see ksh and FreeBSD at least, already have.
I'll have a look at doing this.

thank you,
Pádraig





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