[patch] read.1p: Split format and argument of printf call

[patch] read.1p: Split format and argument of printf call

[elmono]

As printf expects the format and arguments as separate arguments, split
the string accordingly. This is already fixed in the HTML version of the
standard.
---
 man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/read.1p | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/read.1p b/man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/read.1p
index e09b896..d7e3a0a 100644
--- a/man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/read.1p
+++ b/man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/read.1p
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ The following command:
 
 while read -r xx yy
 do
-    printf "%s %s\en$yy$xx"
+    printf "%s %s\en" "$yy" "$xx"
 done < \fIinput_file\fR
 .fi
 .P
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Re: [patch] read.1p: Split format and argument of printf call

[Alejandro Colomar]

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Hi Florian,

On 3/2/23 23:05, Florian Loth wrote:
> As printf expects the format and arguments as separate arguments, split
> the string accordingly. This is already fixed in the HTML version of the
> standard.
Patch applied.

Thanks,

Alex
> ---
>  man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/read.1p | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/read.1p b/man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/read.1p
> index e09b896..d7e3a0a 100644
> --- a/man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/read.1p
> +++ b/man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/read.1p
> @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ The following command:
>  
>  while read -r xx yy
>  do
> -    printf "%s %s\en$yy$xx"
> +    printf "%s %s\en" "$yy" "$xx"
>  done < \fIinput_file\fR
>  .fi
>  .P

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