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Re: qwerty


From: pk
Subject: Re: qwerty
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:59:50 +0000

Antonio Macchi wrote:

> I'm on error, I know... but, in your bash-ref guide you don't explain a 
> lot printf
> 
> and in man printf don't do it too...
> 
> from man printf
> -----------------------------
> NOTE: your shell may have its own version of printf, which usually 
> supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell’s 
> documentation for details about the options it supports.
> -----------------------------

Neither "man printf" nor the printf utility you might have installed in your 
system is provided by bash.

On Ubuntu, for example

$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/printf
coreutils: /usr/bin/printf

The man page mentions that the full documentation is available by doing 
"info coreutils 'printf invocation'", and that page does seem indeed more 
comprehensive than the man page. But then again, neither is bash territory.


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