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printf not interpreting hex escapes

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Phillip Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com>
Cc: 17601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17601: printf not interpreting hex escapes
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 17:50:51 +0100

tag 17601 notabug
close 17601
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On 05/26/2014 05:41 PM, Phillip Susi wrote:
> 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 ).

$ type printf
printf is a shell builtin

$ dash -c "printf '\x41\n'"
\x41

$ bash -c "printf '\x41\n'"
A

$ dash -c "env printf '\x41\n'"
A

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