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printf: please implement POSIX:2024 argument reordering

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>, 73068 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73068: printf: please implement POSIX:2024 argument reordering
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 19:30:38 +0100

On 06/09/2024 15:06, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> POSIX:2024 specifies that printf(1) should support numbered conversion
> specifications:
> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/printf.html
> https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1592
> 
> Could this support please be added to GNU coreutils? As of coreutils 9.5,
> I still get:
> 
>    $ /usr/bin/printf 'abc%2$sdef%1$sxxx\n' 1 2
>    abc/usr/bin/printf: %2$: invalid conversion specification


This make sense to implement.
I see ksh and FreeBSD at least, already have.
I'll have a look at doing this.

thank you,
Pádraig

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