Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:38:44 GMT From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/145748: hexdump(1) %s format qualifier broken Message-ID: <201004160638.o3G6citl013729@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201004160640.o3G6e1OE076031@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 145748 >Category: bin >Synopsis: hexdump(1) %s format qualifier broken >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Apr 16 06:40:00 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Garrett Cooper >Release: 9-CURRENT >Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc. >Environment: >Description: According to the manpage... o A byte count or field precision is required for each ``s'' con- version character (unlike the fprintf(3) default which prints the entire string if the precision is unspecified). .. this should just work. It doesn't however: $ echo "$(jot -b a 1024)" | hexdump -e '"%4s\n"' hexdump: %s: requires a precision or a byte count >How-To-Repeat: echo "$(jot -b a 1024)" | hexdump -e '"%4s\n"' >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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