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Re: [PATCH] test-lib.sh: use printf instead of echo

From
USUwe Storbeck <uwe@ibr.ch>
Date
Mar 17, 2014, 18:38 UTC
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<20140317183807.GB1971@ibr.ch>
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On Mar 15, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> > -	echo "$@" | sed -e 's/^/#	/'
> > +	printf '%s\n' "$@" | sed -e 's/^/#	/'
> 
> This should be
> 
> 	printf '%s\n' "$*" | sed -e 's/^/#	/'

Right, that should be $* to always be one argument for the format pattern.

Thanks
Uwe
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Message 11 of 14 in “test-lib.sh: use printf instead of echo”
  1. test-lib.sh: use printf instead of echoUwe Storbeck, Mar 14, 2014
  2. Jonathan NiederMar 15, 2014
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2014
  4. Jonathan NiederMar 18, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2014
  6. David KastrupMar 19, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2014
  8. Jonathan NiederMar 20, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2014
  10. Johannes SixtMar 15, 2014
  11. Uwe StorbeckMar 17, 2014
  12. test-lib.sh: use printf instead of echoUwe Storbeck, Mar 17, 2014
  13. test-lib.sh: do not "echo" externally supplied stringsUwe Storbeck, Mar 18, 2014
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2014

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