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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:04:58 +0200
From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>
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Subject: [RFE] %a support in printf builtin (when available)
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Under Debian/unstable:

dixsept% where printf
printf: shell built-in command
/usr/bin/printf
dixsept% printf "%a\n" 1.1
printf: %a: invalid directive
dixsept% /usr/bin/printf "%a\n" 1.1
0x8.ccccccccccccccdp-3
dixsept%

Note: the %a format appeared in C99.

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