The following line caused printf to segfault and do a core dump on my system: printf "%.500000000000f" 9.0000000000000000001 My system info: printf (GNU sh-utils) 1.16 i586 Kernel 2.2.12 Redhat 5.2 libc-5.3.12-27 glibc-2.0.7-29 Core dump included. R. Daniels
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