On 9/5/23 3:58 PM, enh wrote:
On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 6:59 AM Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote:
I think you'll find that, regardless of its origins, there are more scripts
using the %b specifier than you think.
i'd personally never heard of printf(1) %b before this thread, but
debian code search agrees with you:
It's a POSIX invention dating from at least 1991 (P1003.2-D11).
The POSIX guidance to use it as a portable way to replace SysV echo has
dated from the same time. It's a pretty big lift to suddenly invalidate
all that prior art. ("POSIX giveth, and POSIX taketh away.").
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