() Jim Meyering <j...@meyering.net> () Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:49:03 +0200
We want warnf '%s\n' a b c d to print this (as printf would do): $me: a $me: b $me: c $me: d With that added "%s: ", and with "$me" inserted into the list of arguments, we'd get this: $me: a b: c d: $me Thanks for explaining it; i understand the contortions now.