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"most [normal/whatever] Linux systems"..., well, the Linux systems using GNU userland anyway. Which might well be a majority of desktop and server systems, but embedded / small footprint systems (be it on small hardware or in containers) often run something like Busybox, which doesn't support %q. And Android is a rather common Linux-based OS, too. It uses toybox, and toybox's printf also doesn't seem to have %q.

ilkkachu
– ilkkachu

2025-06-19 17:27:25 +00:00
Commented Jun 19 at 17:27
@ilkkachu yeah, that's what I was trying to imply by "normal", but apparently that was too vague and also someone edited it out. Putting "desktop/server" there is an improvement. Explaining the specifics of coreutils alternatives would be a good fit for a separate answer, I think

ComputerDruid
– ComputerDruid

2025-06-21 15:41:16 +00:00
Commented Jun 21 at 15:41

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