Re: unicode aware printf \u and \U switches not supported

[Roman Rakus]

On 03/23/2010 03:01 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 3/22/10 9:24 AM, Thomas Bartosik wrote:
>
>    
> > Bash Version: 4.0
> > Patch Level: 35
> > Release Status: release
> >
> > Description:
> >      bash's printf does not understand \u and \U although the man page says it 
> > supports all expressions that printf(1) supports.
> >      
> The man page says the bash printf supports the standard printf(1) escape
> sequences.  \u and \U are not standard escape sequences.
>
> They are on the list for possible inclusion in a future release.
>
> Chet
>    
Just few links;
Opengroup printf utility specification[1], there is not any note about 
\u or \U format.
Coreutils printf has this extension [2], but there is not any note, from 
where it comes or what it is specific for.

[1] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/printf.html
[2] 
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/printf-invocation.html
RR