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bug#17601: printf not interpreting hex escapes
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#17601: printf not interpreting hex escapes |
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Mon, 26 May 2014 17:50:51 +0100 |
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On 05/26/2014 05:41 PM, Phillip Susi wrote:
> printf '\x41' prints "x41" instead of "A".
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> Also it has no --help or --version switch, but I seem to be running
> version 8.21-1ubuntu5 ( obviously on ubuntu ).
$ type printf
printf is a shell builtin
$ dash -c "printf '\x41\n'"
\x41
$ bash -c "printf '\x41\n'"
A
$ dash -c "env printf '\x41\n'"
A