Hello,
If I'm not mistaken, /usr/bin/printf(1) is not POSIX.2 compliant:
$ /usr/bin/printf "---\n"
printf: unknown option -- -
Usage: printf format [arg ...]
The specification says that printf has no options and we invoke
getopt(3). Every first argument, even looking like options, is a valid
format.
To circumvent:
$ /usr/bin/printf "\055--\n"
or
$ /usr/bin/printf "%c--\n" -
Solution:
remove the call to getopt.
Am I correct? Is it worth a PR?
Best,
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Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com>
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