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commit 1cc5a57fd7f0c72d9e4c383cfb5c7decf39fa346
parent 61be841f5cc4019890c769cec33744616614ea10
Author: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>
Date:   Sun, 25 Jul 2021 14:24:41 +0200

printf: allow flags for the %s format string aswell

This is useful for example to left-align strings and pad them with spaces.

printf '%-12.12s: %s\n' 'user' "$USER"

Diffstat:
M
printf.c
 | 
6
+++++-

1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/printf.c b/printf.c
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			free(rarg);
 			break;
 		case 's':
-			printf("%*.*s", width, precision, arg);
+			fmt = estrdup(flag ? "%#*.*s" : "%*.*s");
+			if (flag)
+				fmt[1] = flag;
+			printf(fmt, width, precision, arg);
+			free(fmt);
 			break;
 		case 'd': case 'i': case 'o': case 'u': case 'x': case 'X':
 			for (j = 0; isspace(arg[j]); j++);