Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 05:32:06 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Gerald S. Stoller" <gs_stoller@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The printf function Message-ID: <20040824052652.S5488@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY10-F42RUhXSbmNeO0005428c@hotmail.com> References: <BAY10-F42RUhXSbmNeO0005428c@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Gerald S. Stoller wrote: > I executed the following printf (in a Korn shell command-line) > printf 't %2$s .\n' 3 55 > and got the following response > printf: illegal format character $ > > The following is an excerpt from the man-3 page for printf . 'man 3 printf' shows the man page for the C library function printf. 'man 1 printf' shows the man page for the printf *program*, which does not appear to support the $ format string. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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