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@@ -58,6 +58,19 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- POSIXLY_CORRECT is set and the first argument is not "-n", echo now outputs all option-like arguments instead of treating them as options. + printf has several changes: + + It now uses 'intmax_t' (not 'long int') to format integers, so it + can now format 64-bit integers on most modern hosts. + + On modern hosts it now supports the C99-inspired %a, %A, %F conversion + specs, the "'" and "0" flags, and the ll, j, t, and z length modifiers + (this is compatible with recent Bash versions). + + The printf command now rejects invalid conversion specifications + like %#d, instead of relying on undefined behavior in the underlying + printf function. + who now prints user names in full instead of truncating them after 8 bytes. ** New features |