bug#21749: printf --help not working

2015-10-24 Thread Eric Blake
tag 21749 notabug thanks On 10/24/2015 04:36 AM, Andreas Kern wrote: > steps to reproduce > > run `printf --help` That's probably running your shell's builtin printf, rather than the one from coreutils. Try: env printf --help or /bin/printf --help and to see the dif

bug#21749: printf --help not working

2015-10-24 Thread Andreas Kern
steps to reproduce run `printf --help` actual output (nothing) expected output the help message comment: I checked it on ubuntu and on arch, both don't print the help. I checked the source package on ubuntu and there is code for that in printf.c

Re: [PATCH] doc: improve the echo and printf help on escapes

2009-10-28 Thread Jim Meyering
Pádraig Brady wrote: > Eric Blake wrote: >> According to Jim Meyering on 10/28/2009 5:31 AM: * src/echo.c (usage): Likewise. Also mention the \xHH escape sequence. >> >> While we're at it, bash's builtin echo supports \E as an escape for ascii >> ESC; do we want to add that as well, for c

Re: [PATCH] doc: improve the echo and printf help on escapes

2009-10-28 Thread Pádraig Brady
Eric Blake wrote: > According to Jim Meyering on 10/28/2009 5:31 AM: >>> * src/echo.c (usage): Likewise. >>> Also mention the \xHH escape sequence. > > While we're at it, bash's builtin echo supports \E as an escape for ascii > ESC; do we want to add that as well, for consistency across GNU projec

Re: [PATCH] doc: improve the echo and printf help on escapes

2009-10-28 Thread Jim Meyering
Eric Blake wrote: > According to Jim Meyering on 10/28/2009 5:31 AM: >>> * src/echo.c (usage): Likewise. >>> Also mention the \xHH escape sequence. > > While we're at it, bash's builtin echo supports \E as an escape for ascii > ESC; do we want to add that as well, for consistency across GNU project

Re: [PATCH] doc: improve the echo and printf help on escapes

2009-10-28 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Jim Meyering on 10/28/2009 5:31 AM: >> * src/echo.c (usage): Likewise. >> Also mention the \xHH escape sequence. While we're at it, bash's builtin echo supports \E as an escape for ascii ESC; do we want to add that as well, for consistenc

Re: [PATCH] doc: improve the echo and printf help on escapes

2009-10-28 Thread Jim Meyering
> Also mention the \xHH escape sequence. ... > Subject: [PATCH] doc: improve the echo and printf help on escapes > > * src/printf.c (usage): Merge strings with echo to > aid translators. Move the description for \NNN beside > the other numeric escape codes. Don't mentio

[PATCH] doc: improve the echo and printf help on escapes

2009-10-28 Thread Pádraig Brady
ched... cheers, Pádraig. >From 24a736d4b205ba915b3fa2916d8b9fc9513ac444 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:59:05 + Subject: [PATCH] doc: improve the echo and printf help on escapes * src/printf.c (usage): Merge strings with echo to aid

Re: printf --help

2007-08-15 Thread Jim Meyering
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Berry) wrote: > The --help message for printf (coreutils 6.9) starts with this: > > Usage: /usr/local/gnu/bin/printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]... > or: /usr/local/gnu/bin/printf OPTION > Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT. > > --help display this help

printf --help

2007-08-14 Thread Karl Berry
The --help message for printf (coreutils 6.9) starts with this: Usage: /usr/local/gnu/bin/printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]... or: /usr/local/gnu/bin/printf OPTION Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT. --help display this help and exit --version output version info