GNU bug report logs - #17601
printf not interpreting hex escapes

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Phillip Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com>

Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 16:43:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

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From: Phillip Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com>
To: 17601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17601: printf not interpreting hex escapes
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 12:41:55 -0400

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printf '\x41' prints "x41" instead of "A".

Also it has no --help or --version switch, but I seem to be running
version 8.21-1ubuntu5 ( obviously on ubuntu ).

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