On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, Martin D Kealey <mar...@kurahaupo.gen.nz> wrote:
> How about a counter-proposal: when not in POSIX mode, arguments that > correspond to numeric conversions in printf could be subject to normal > arithmetic evaluation, so that « printf %d '6*7' » will output “42”. > What's the point? Just write `printf %d $((6*7))'. Shouldn't have relied on undocumented features in the first place though -- Oğuz
