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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 17:53:14 +0100
From: Morten Nygaard Aasnes <mortenn AT imr DOT no>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: 1.3.1: printf bug in awk?
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There seems to be a bug in GNU Awk 3.0.4 comming with Cygwin 1.3.4.
Using printf with precision 0, it fills with zeros instead of spaces.

  $ awk 'BEGIN {printf "%10.0f\n",3.14; exit}'
  0000000003
   
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Morten Nygaard Åsnes
Institute of Marine Research                      Email:  mortenn AT imr DOT no
Postboks 1870 Nordnes                             Phone:  (+47) 55238645
5817 Bergen - Norway                                      (+47) 92869214

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