possible bashism in bashisms/printf.sh line 3 ('printf -v var ...' should be var='$(printf ...)'): printf -v some_var "this is a BASHISM" possible bashism in bashisms/printf.sh line 5 (printf %q): printf "the use of %q is bad\n" "BASHISMS" >/dev/null possible bashism in bashisms/printf.sh line 7 (printf %q): printf "%q leading the string is bad\n" "BASHISMS" >/dev/null