coreutils/src/printf.c, branch v8.18

maint: src/*.c: change remaining quotes (without embedded spaces)

2012-01-09T20:50:08Z

Run this (twice): git grep -E -l '`[^ ]+'\' src/*.c \ |xargs perl -pi -e 's/`([^ ]+'\'')/'\''$1/'

maint: convert `...' to '...' in --help output

2012-01-09T20:50:08Z

All affected lines end with \ or \n\, so run this command until it produces no new changes (4 times): git grep -E -l '`[^ ]+'\''.*\\' src \ |xargs perl -pi -e 's/`([^ ]+'\''.*\\)/'\''$1/'

maint: use new emit_try_help in place of equivalent fprintf

2012-01-07T15:54:26Z

Run this command: perl -0777 -pi -e \ 's/fprintf \(stderr, _\("Try `%s --help.*\n.*;/emit_try_help ();/m'\ src/*.c

maint: update all copyright year number ranges

2012-01-01T09:04:06Z

Run "make update-copyright".

maint: remove empty statement after jump label

2011-08-13T09:21:01Z

* src/head.c (elide_tail_bytes_pipe): Remove the empty statement, ";" after a jump label; it is needed only when a declaration follows. * src/kill.c (main): Likewise. * src/od.c (main): Likewise. * src/paste.c (collapse_escapes): Likewise. * src/printf.c (print_formatted): Likewise.

printf: fix an out-of-bounds memory access

2011-05-18T06:33:04Z

* src/printf.c (STRTOX): Don't access memory after a string containing a single quote character. * tests/misc/printf: Add tests for various combinations of single quote characters combined with a numeric format. * THANKS.in: Add bug reporter. * NEWS: Mention the fix. Reported-by: Paul Marinescu

maint: update all copyright year number ranges

2011-01-01T21:16:47Z

Run "make update-copyright".

2010-01-01T13:06:47Z

Use this command: git ls-files | grep -v COPYING \ | xargs env UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=1 \ build-aux/update-copyright

doc: improve the echo and printf help on escapes

2009-10-28T17:01:29Z

* src/printf.c (usage): Merge strings with echo.c to aid translators. Move the description for \NNN beside the other numeric escape codes. Don't mention "character" as that suggests character conversion. * src/echo.c (usage): Likewise. Also mention the \xHH escape sequence.

echo, printf: interpret \e as the Escape character

2009-10-28T16:37:07Z

Match gcc, perl, bash, ksh, tcsh, ... in supporting \e. * src/printf.c (print_escape_char): Output \x1B when \e encountered. * src/echo.c (main): Likewise. * src/stat.c (print_escape_char): Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi (echo invocation): Add \e to the list. * tests/misc/printf: Verify that \e outputs \x1B. * NEWS: Mention the change in behaviour.

coreutils/src/printf.c, branch v8.18

maint: src/*.c: change remaining quotes (without embedded spaces)

maint: convert `...' to '...' in --help output

maint: use new emit_try_help in place of equivalent fprintf

maint: update all copyright year number ranges

maint: remove empty statement after jump label

printf: fix an out-of-bounds memory access

maint: update all copyright year number ranges

maint: update all FSF copyright year lists to include 2010

doc: improve the echo and printf help on escapes

echo, printf: interpret \e as the Escape character