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If not, see . # LC_ALL=C LC_NUMERIC=C unset vv # this should expand escape sequences in the format string, nothing else printf -v vv "\tone\n" printf "%s" "$vv" # this should not cut off output after the \c printf -v vv "one\ctwo\n" printf "%s" "$vv" # and unrecognized backslash escapes should have the backslash preserved printf -v vv "4\.2\n" printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "no newline " ; printf "%s" "$vv" ; printf -v vv "now newline\n" printf "%s" "$vv" # %% -> % printf -v vv "%%\n" printf "%s" "$vv" # this was a bug caused by pre-processing the string for backslash escapes # before doing the `%' format processing -- all versions before bash-2.04 printf -v vv "\045" printf "%s" "$vv" echo printf -v vv "\045d\n" printf "%s" "$vv" # simple character output printf -v vv "%c\n" ABCD printf "%s" "$vv" # test simple string output printf -v vv "%s\n" unquoted printf "%s" "$vv" # test quoted string output printf -v vv "%s %q\n" unquoted quoted printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%s%10q\n" unquoted quoted printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%q\n" 'this&that' printf "%s" "$vv" # make sure the format string is reused to use up arguments printf -v vv "%d " 1 2 3 4 5 printf "%s" "$vv" echo # make sure that extra format characters get null arguments printf -v vv "%s %d %d %d\n" onestring printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%s %d %u %4.2f\n" onestring printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%s %s--\n" 4.2 '' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%s %s--\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" # test %b escapes # 8 is a non-octal digit, so the `81' should be output #printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" '\n\081' #printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" '\t\0101' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" '\t\101' printf "%s" "$vv" # these should all display `A7' printf -v vv "%b\n" '\01017' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%b\n" '\1017' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%b\n" '\x417' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" '\"abcd\"' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" "\'abcd\'" printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" 'a\\x' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" '\x' printf "%s" "$vv" Z1=$(printf -- "%b\n" '\a\b\e\f\r\v') Z2=$'\a\b\e\f\r\v' if [ "$Z1" != "$Z2" ]; then printf "%s" "whoops: printf -v vv %b and $'' differ" >&2 fi unset Z1 Z2 printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" '' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" printf "%s" "$vv" # the stuff following the \c should be ignored, as well as the rest # of the format string printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" '4.2\c5.4\n' printf "%s" "$vv" echo # unrecognized escape sequences should by displayed unchanged printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" '4\.2' printf "%s" "$vv" # a bare \ should not be processed as an escape sequence printf -v vv -- "--%b--\n" '\' printf "%s" "$vv" # make sure extra arguments are ignored if the format string doesn't # actually use them printf -v vv "\n" 4.4 BSD printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv " " 4.4 BSD printf "%s" "$vv" echo # make sure that a fieldwidth and precision of `*' are handled right printf -v vv "%10.8s\n" 4.4BSD printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%*.*s\n" 10 8 4.4BSD printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%10.8q\n" 4.4BSD printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%*.*q\n" 10 8 4.4BSD printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%6b\n" 4.4BSD printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%*b\n" 6 4.4BSD printf "%s" "$vv" # we handle this crap with homemade code in printf -v vv.def printf -v vv "%10b\n" 4.4BSD printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%-10b--\n" 4.4BSD printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%4.2b\n" 4.4BSD printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%.3b\n" 4.4BSD printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%-8b--\n" 4.4BSD printf "%s" "$vv" # test numeric conversions -- these four lines should printf "%s" identically printf -v vv "%d %u %i 0%o 0x%x 0x%X\n" 255 255 255 255 255 255 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%d %u %i %#o %#x %#X\n" 255 255 255 255 255 255 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%ld %lu %li 0%o 0x%x 0x%X\n" 255 255 255 255 255 255 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%ld %lu %li %#o %#x %#X\n" 255 255 255 255 255 255 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%10d\n" 42 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%10d\n" -42 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%*d\n" 10 42 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%*d\n" 10 -42 printf "%s" "$vv" # test some simple floating point formats printf -v vv "%4.2f\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%#4.2f\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%#4.1f\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%*.*f\n" 4 2 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%#*.*f\n" 4 2 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%#*.*f\n" 4 1 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%E\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%e\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%6.1E\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%6.1e\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%G\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%g\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%6.2G\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%6.2g\n" 4.2 printf "%s" "$vv" # test some of the more esoteric features of POSIX.1 printf -v vv printf -v vv "%d\n" "'string'" printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%d\n" '"string"' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%#o\n" "'string'" printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%#o\n" '"string"' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%#x\n" "'string'" printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%#X\n" '"string"' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%6.2f\n" "'string'" printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%6.2f\n" '"string"' printf "%s" "$vv" # output from these two lines had better be the same printf -v vv -- "--%6.4s--\n" abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%6.4b--\n" abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz printf "%s" "$vv" # and these two also printf -v vv -- "--%12.10s--\n" abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv -- "--%12.10b--\n" abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz printf "%s" "$vv" # tests for translating \' to ' and \\ to \ # printf -v vv translates \' to ' in the format string... printf -v vv "\'abcd\'\n" printf "%s" "$vv" # but not when the %b format specification is used printf -v vv "%b\n" \\\'abcd\\\' printf "%s" "$vv" # but both translate \\ to \ printf -v vv '\\abcd\\\n' printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%b\n" '\\abcd\\' printf "%s" "$vv" # this was reported as a bug in bash-2.03 # these three lines should all printf "%s" `26' printf -v vv "%d\n" 0x1a printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%d\n" 032 printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%d\n" 26 printf "%s" "$vv" # error messages # this should be an overflow, but error messages vary between systems # printf -v vv "%lu\n" 4294967296 # ...but we cannot use this because some systems (SunOS4, for example), # happily ignore overflow conditions in strtol(3) #printf -v vv "%ld\n" 4294967296 printf -v vv "%10" printf -v vv "ab%Mcd\n" # this caused an infinite loop in older versions of printf -v vv printf -v vv "%y" 0 # these should print a warning and `0', according to POSIX.2 printf -v vv "%d\n" GNU printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%o\n" GNU printf "%s" "$vv" # failures in all bash versions through bash-2.05 printf -v vv "%.0s" foo printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv "%.*s" 0 foo printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv '%.0b-%.0s\n' foo bar printf "%s" "$vv" printf -v vv '(%*b)(%*s)\n' -4 foo -4 bar printf "%s" "$vv" format='%'`printf '%0100384d' 0`'d\n' printf -v vv $format 0 printf "%s" "$vv" # failures in all bash versions through bash-3.0 - undercounted characters unset vv printf -v vv " %s %s %s \n%n" ab cd ef vvv printf "%s" "$vv" echo $vvv # this doesn't work with printf -v vv(3) on all systems #printf -v vv "%'s\n" foo # test cases from an austin-group list discussion # prints ^G as an extension printf -v vv '%b\n' '\7' printf "%s" "$vv" # prints ^G printf -v vv '%b\n' '\0007' printf "%s" "$vv" # prints NUL then 7 #printf -v vv '\0007\n' #printf "%s" "$vv" # prints no more than two hex digits printf -v vv '\x07e\n' printf "%s" "$vv" # additional backslash escapes printf -v vv '\"\?\n' printf "%s" "$vv"