On 3/15/25 08:58, Philip Guenther wrote: > No, it's not. Per POSIX XCU 1.4, utilities that do not explicitly > state otherwise are allowed to recognize options whether any are > defined by the standard. printf(1) follows that default, so for the > first positional argument to (portably) start with a minus-sign, a -- > option must precede it, ala > printf -- -s > > Or, you know, don't get into a habit that created a million printf(2) > vulnerabilities and write > printf %s -s > > instead. > > Philip Guenther >
x500$ printf -- %s \\u0041 \u0041x500$ Thanks a lot. -- Christian
