On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 4:31 PM, James Stanley <ja...@incoherency.co.uk> wrote: > Package: vzctl > Version: 3.0.23-8 > > 2.) It should use "echo -ne" instead of "printf" as it passes text as > separate arguments and printf only prints the first
Please don't! The recommendation is to go in the oppossite direction (use "printf" instead of "echo -ne"). For this specific case this is the correct call: printf "$*\n" For the general case, all arguments to "printf" must be enclosed in "". Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org