Subject: bug#21236: printf version output not working

From: Shawn Welch <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 13:11:23 -0400

You are correct.

Thank you!

*Shawn M Welch*
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On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]> wrote:

> tag 21236 notabug
> close 21236
> stop
>
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 09:40:39AM -0400, Shawn Welch wrote:
>
>> The printf man 1 page says that it has a --version switch to output
>> version
>> but it fails and exits 1.
>>
>
> It is likely that you are seeing the shell's built in "printf" instead of
> coreutils' printf.
>
> Test with the following:
>
>     $ type printf
>     printf is a shell builtin
>
> Then compare:
>
>     $ printf --version
>     bash: printf: --: invalid option
>     printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]
>
>     $ env printf --version | head -n1
>     printf (GNU coreutils) 8.23.170-02f67
>
> To use the non built-in printf, use 'env' (or specify a full path such as
> /usr/bin/printf, though that is less portable).
>
> regards,
>  - assaf
>