https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/strange-printf-behaviour/m-p/2420009#M766419 Under HP-UX B.10.20 running on a 9000/780 machine, the following command gives <BR />strange results:<BR />command:<BR /> /usr/bin/printf "%.2d\n" 08<BR />result:<BR /> printf: Error converting 08<BR /> 00<BR /><BR />The command <BR /> /usr/bin/printf "%.2d\n" 8<BR /><BR />runs fine. (result : 08 )<BR />What's wrong ? Mon, 20 Mar 2000 04:20:20 GMT Uwe Steinhoff 2000-03-20T04:20:20Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/strange-printf-behaviour/m-p/2420009#M766419 Under HP-UX B.10.20 running on a 9000/780 machine, the following command gives <BR />strange results:<BR />command:<BR /> /usr/bin/printf "%.2d\n" 08<BR />result:<BR /> printf: Error converting 08<BR /> 00<BR /><BR />The command <BR /> /usr/bin/printf "%.2d\n" 8<BR /><BR />runs fine. (result : 08 )<BR />What's wrong ? Mon, 20 Mar 2000 04:20:20 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/strange-printf-behaviour/m-p/2420009#M766419 Uwe Steinhoff 2000-03-20T04:20:20Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/strange-printf-behaviour/m-p/2420010#M766420 The reason is the leading zero causes printf to <BR />atempt to convert from Octal.<BR /><BR />/usr/bin/printf "%02d\n" 011<BR /><BR />results in a "09" being printed. Mon, 20 Mar 2000 07:22:15 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/strange-printf-behaviour/m-p/2420010#M766420 Tom Dawes-gamble_2 2000-03-20T07:22:15Z