GNU bug report logs - #18987
the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap

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Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 17:15:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

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From: arnold <at> skeeve.com
To: noritnk <at> kcn.ne.jp, jim <at> meyering.net
Cc: 18987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 12:46:15 -0700

Norihiro Tanaka <noritnk <at> kcn.ne.jp> wrote:

> Thanks, but it seem that it is also unportable.  On Solaris 10 and AIX 7,
> below.  Need Gawk for tests?
>
> $ awk 'BEGIN { printf "\x41" }' </dev/null
> \x41

If you use octal it should work with any awk.

Arnold
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