I'm sorry, I found the answer in the FAQ. So i'ts resolved. Thanks ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, January 15, 2021 12:08 PM, Andrea Dari <andread...@protonmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I'm using GNU coreutils 8.30, I found that the printf tool is broken while > coding a shell script. > > andrea@Workstation:~$ printf --version > bash: printf: --: invalid option > printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments] > > I tried with coreutils 8.32 too with the same error. > > PRINTF(1) man page reports the option valid: > > NAME > printf - format and print data > > SYNOPSIS > printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]... > printf OPTION > > DESCRIPTION > Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT, or execute according to OPTION: > > --help display this help and exit > > --version > output version information and exit > ... > > the option --help works. > > I have another issue with printf, I wanted to print a string that starts with > "-" and printf parse it like an option: > > andrea@Workstation:~$ printf "->" > bash: printf: ->: invalid option > printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments] > > I'm doing something wrong? > > Best Regards, > > Andrea Dari
