The subject should probably refer to printf(1) instead of printf(3). Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote: > - echo -n "'$path' was deleted" > + printf "'$path' was deleted" Here is one space too much after printf. > - echo -n "'$path' is a symlink containing '" > + printf "'$path' is a symlink containing '" You should use printf "'%s' [..]" "$path" as you do in some other places (in case $path contains conversion specifiers). > - echo -n "Hit return to start merge resolution tool ($merge_tool): " > + printf "Hit return to start merge resolution tool ($merge_tool): " Here it is much more unlikely that $merge_tool contains a conversion specifier but anyway I'd prefer to use %s. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html