* J?rgen Niinre ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>  Hello coreutils maintainer,
> 
> The bug is with the command printf:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "%02i" 09
> -bash: printf: 09: invalid number
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Not-a-bug

Numbers starting with a '0' are interpreted as Octal like in C; e.g.

printf "%02i" 011

gets you 09.

Dave
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