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Re: BUG? RFE? printf lacking unicode support in multiple areas
From: |
Ralf Goertz |
Subject: |
Re: BUG? RFE? printf lacking unicode support in multiple areas |
Date: |
Fri, 20 May 2011 15:29:59 +0200 |
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KNode/4.4.10 |
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:31:31AM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>> 1) use of of the \uXXXX and \UXXXXXXXX escape sequences
>> in the format string (16 and 32 bit Unicode values).
>
> This isn't even a sentence. What bash command did you execute, and
> what did it do, and what did you expect it to do?
>
> In bash 4.2, on a Debian 6.0 box with a UTF-8 locale, printf '\u203c\n'
> prints the !! character (and a newline). You have not actually stated
> what you DID, and how it FAILED.
I am not Linda but in my setting (4.1.10(1)-release) under linux 64bit I
have
$ /usr/bin/printf "\u203c\n"
‼
but
$ printf "\u203c\n"
\u203c