I am able to confirm this on Intrepid and Hardy
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ type printf
printf is a shell builtin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/bin/printf %c 65
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ printf %c 65
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
awk 'BEGIN {printf("%c", 65)}' </dev/null
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ printf \\x41
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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printf(1) %c doesn't work as expected, instead like %.1s.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225637
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