GNU bug report logs - #65659
RFC: changing printf(1) behavior on %b

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:37:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>, 65659 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-bash <at> gnu.org
Cc: austin-group-l <at> opengroup.org
Subject: bug#65659: RFC: changing printf(1) behavior on %b
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:34:48 -0700
On 2023-08-31 08:35, Eric Blake wrote:
> Typing-wise, %#s as a synonym for %b is
> probably going to be easier (less shell escaping needed).  Is there
> any interest in a patch to coreutils or bash that would add such a
> synonym, to make it easier to leave that functionality in place for
> POSIX Issue 9 even when %b is repurposed to align with C2x?

Sounds good to me for coreutils.




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