Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I think the only change you need to make here (because /usr/bin/sh
> on Ubuntu is usually 'dash' not 'bash') is to use octal rather than
> hexadecimal. ie: CENT=$(printf "\302\242")
Perhaps an addition to Documentation/CodingGuidelines is in order?
Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git c/Documentation/CodingGuidelines w/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 9d5c27807a..78bc60665d 100644
--- c/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ w/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
hopefully nobody starts using "local" before they are reimplemented
in C ;-)
+ - In 'printf' format string, do not use hexadecimals, as they are not
+ portable. Write
+
+ CENT=$(printf "\302\242")
+
+ not
+
+ CENT=$(printf "\xc2\xa2")
+
For C programs:
