Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 01:19:29 +0100 (CET) From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/2969: csh and/or builtin printf has problems with embedded commands Message-ID: <199703130019.BAA04142@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Resent-Message-ID: <199703130030.QAA22052@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2969
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: csh and/or builtin printf has problems with embedded commands
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 12 16:30:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Robert Eckardt
>Organization:
Home sweet home
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A i386
>Environment:
FreeBSD-2.2 with X11R6-3.2
>Description:
printf with a shell command as its argument
prints wrong results. Happens only for builtin printf
in /usr/bin/csh.
>How-To-Repeat:
ghost: {1} wc -l fonts.scale | cut -c-9
105
ghost: {2} printf '%d\n' 105
105
ghost: {3} printf '%d\n' `wc -l fonts.scale | cut -c-9`
96
ghost: {4} /usr/bin/printf '%d\n' `wc -l fonts.scale | cut -c-9`
105
>Fix:
???
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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