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| author | dholland <dholland@NetBSD.org> | 2018-03-12 00:42:05 +0000 |
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| committer | dholland <dholland@NetBSD.org> | 2018-03-12 00:42:05 +0000 |
| commit | 8e210aeaeef191a78fd51e9b954f8ccdff80c350 (patch) | |
| tree | 1aab3d47e860786eae6678d81201726083ce3290 /usr.bin/printf/printf.1 | |
| parent | 4b9f981740ff7d068cb94de08b676fa397d9162b (diff) | |
Explicitly mention use of -- for format strings beginning with -,
per PR 21970.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/printf/printf.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/printf/printf.1 | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 index 26cd07fd130..84b7018a9f4 100644 --- a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 +++ b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: printf.1,v 1.25 2014/04/13 01:45:34 snj Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: printf.1,v 1.26 2018/03/12 00:42:05 dholland Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" .\" from: @(#)printf.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" -.Dd May 6, 2008 +.Dd March 11, 2018 .Dt PRINTF 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ Print a `%'; no argument is used. In no case does a non-existent or small field width cause truncation of a field; padding takes place only if the specified field width exceeds the actual width. +.Pp +If the first character of +.Ar format +is a dash, +.Ar format +must be preceded by a word consisting of two dashes (--) to prevent it +from being interpreted as an option string. .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh SEE ALSO |
