On 07/08/2018 07:39 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2018-07-08 19:04, Anton Aylward wrote:
Whereas the old Korn shell from 25 years ago does.
Not entirely exact. printf is a bash builtin, and it prints floats. :-)
Not entirely exact. ;-) Compare: $ printf --version bash: printf: --: invalid option printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments] vs. $ /usr/bin/printf --version | head -n1 printf (GNU coreutils) 8.29 The former is bash's builtin, while the coreutils package makes it available for other environments which just exec("printf"). The projects try to keep the functionality in sync, for obvious reasons. Have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org