* src/printf.c: Document that \0 can be followed by 0 to 3 octal digits
* doc/coreutils.texi: Change "\0OOO" to "\0NNN" for legibility and
consistency with man page and help message. Remove extraneous '\'.
---
doc/coreutils.texi | 4 ++--
src/printf.c | 6 ++++--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 00e401cbd..51e06527c 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -13438,8 +13438,8 @@ one.
An additional directive @samp{%b}, prints its
argument string with @samp{\} escapes interpreted in the same way as in
the @var{format} string, except that octal escapes are of the form
-@samp{\0@var{ooo}} where @var{ooo} is 0 to 3 octal digits. If
-@samp{\@var{ooo}} is nine-bit value, ignore the ninth bit.
+@samp{\0@var{NNN}} where @var{NNN} is 0 to 3 octal digits. If
+@var{NNN} is nine-bit value, ignore the ninth bit.
If a precision is also given, it limits the number of bytes printed
from the converted string.
diff --git a/src/printf.c b/src/printf.c
index 7ac7a76ce..114288796 100644
--- a/src/printf.c
+++ b/src/printf.c
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
Additional directive:
%b = print an argument string, interpreting backslash escapes,
- except that octal escapes are of the form \0 or \0ooo.
+ except that octal escapes are of the form \0 or \0NNN, where
+ NNN is 0 to 3 octal digits.
%q = print an argument string in a format that can be
reused as shell input. Escaped characters used the
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ FORMAT controls the output as in C printf.
Interpreted sequences are:\n\
fputs (_("\
%% a single %\n\
%b ARGUMENT as a string with '\\' escapes interpreted,\n\
- except that octal escapes are of the form \\0 or \\0NNN\n\
+ except that octal escapes are of the form \\0NNN,\n\
+ where NNN is 0 to 3 octal digits.\n\
%q ARGUMENT is printed in a format that can be reused as shell input,\n\
escaping non-printable characters with the POSIX $'' syntax.\
\n\n\
--
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