Re: bash sockets: printf \x0a does TCP fragmentation

[Chet Ramey]

On 9/25/18 9:04 AM, dirk+bash@testssl.sh wrote:

> FYI: I ended up checking with type before whether an external printf
> exists and set a variable for this and then just call this variable.
> 
> env or exec: never thought about it (thanks!) but as both are external
> commands, that would mean upon every call one additional external program.
> (yes, I know that there is such thing as a fs buffer). Subshells also costs
> resources. As this is a core function I am happy for every homeopathic dose
> of time I safe here :-)

`exec' is a shell builtin. It will `cost' in terms of a fork, but you're
going to fork and exec a different program anyway -- /usr/bin/printf --
so it's basically a wash. In either case, there's one fork and one
execve.

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