fix for printf with broken strtold; fix readline reading specified number of multibyte characters; fix read builtin to deal with invalid utf-8 continuation character as delimiter; turn off -n if supplied at interactive shell invocation

doc/bashref.info

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ This is bashref.info, produced by makeinfo version 7.1 from
 bashref.texi.
 
 This text is a brief description of the features that are present in the
-Bash shell (version 5.3, 7 August 2024).
+Bash shell (version 5.3, 16 August 2024).
 
-   This is Edition 5.3, last updated 7 August 2024, of ‘The GNU Bash
+   This is Edition 5.3, last updated 16 August 2024, of ‘The GNU Bash
 Reference Manual’, for ‘Bash’, Version 5.3.
 
    Copyright © 1988-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ Bash Features
 *************
 
 This text is a brief description of the features that are present in the
-Bash shell (version 5.3, 7 August 2024).  The Bash home page is
+Bash shell (version 5.3, 16 August 2024).  The Bash home page is
 <http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/>.
 
-   This is Edition 5.3, last updated 7 August 2024, of ‘The GNU Bash
+   This is Edition 5.3, last updated 16 August 2024, of ‘The GNU Bash
 Reference Manual’, for ‘Bash’, Version 5.3.
 
    Bash contains features that appear in other popular shells, and some
@@ -4229,7 +4229,7 @@ standard.
      output, character escape sequences, which are converted and copied
      to the standard output, and format specifications, each of which
      causes printing of the next successive ARGUMENT.  In addition to
-     the standard ‘printf(3)’ format characters ‘csndiouxXeEfFgGaA’,
+     the standard ‘printf(3)’ format characters ‘cCsSndiouxXeEfFgGaA’,
      ‘printf’ interprets the following additional format specifiers:
 
      ‘%b’
@@ -4270,7 +4270,8 @@ standard.
      The %s and %c format specifiers accept an l (long) modifier, which
      forces them to convert the argument string to a wide-character
      string and apply any supplied field width and precision in terms of
-     characters, not bytes.
+     characters, not bytes.  The %S and %C format specifiers are
+     equivalent to %ls and %lc, respectively.
 
      Arguments to non-string format specifiers are treated as C language
      constants, except that a leading plus or minus sign is allowed, and
@@ -10664,7 +10665,10 @@ spaces.
 
 ‘%’
      The first word matched by the most recent ‘?STRING?’ search, if the
-     search string begins with a character that is part of a word.
+     search string begins with a character that is part of a word.  By
+     default, searches begin at the end of each line and proceed to the
+     beginning, so the first word matched is the one closest to the end
+     of the line.
 
 ‘X-Y’
      A range of words; ‘-Y’ abbreviates ‘0-Y’.
@@ -12303,8 +12307,8 @@ D.1 Index of Shell Builtin Commands
                                                               (line  69)
 * pwd:                                   Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                               (line 226)
-* read:                                  Bash Builtins.       (line 524)
-* readarray:                             Bash Builtins.       (line 630)
+* read:                                  Bash Builtins.       (line 525)
+* readarray:                             Bash Builtins.       (line 631)
 * readonly:                              Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                               (line 236)
 * return:                                Bourne Shell Builtins.
@@ -12313,7 +12317,7 @@ D.1 Index of Shell Builtin Commands
 * shift:                                 Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                               (line 276)
 * shopt:                                 The Shopt Builtin.   (line   9)
-* source:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 639)
+* source:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 640)
 * suspend:                               Job Control Builtins.
                                                               (line 122)
 * test:                                  Bourne Shell Builtins.
@@ -12324,12 +12328,12 @@ D.1 Index of Shell Builtin Commands
                                                               (line 397)
 * true:                                  Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                               (line 459)
-* type:                                  Bash Builtins.       (line 644)
-* typeset:                               Bash Builtins.       (line 682)
-* ulimit:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 688)
+* type:                                  Bash Builtins.       (line 645)
+* typeset:                               Bash Builtins.       (line 683)
+* ulimit:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 689)
 * umask:                                 Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                               (line 464)
-* unalias:                               Bash Builtins.       (line 794)
+* unalias:                               Bash Builtins.       (line 795)
 * unset:                                 Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                               (line 482)
 * wait:                                  Job Control Builtins.
@@ -13007,138 +13011,138 @@ D.5 Concept Index
 
 
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-Node: What is Bash?3052
-Node: What is a shell?4196
-Node: Definitions6778
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-Node: Shell Operation12210
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-Node: Escape Character14827
-Node: Single Quotes15328
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-Node: Locale Translation18414
-Node: Creating Internationalized Scripts19761
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-Node: Shell Functions55506
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-Node: Searching372763
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-Node: Compiling For Multiple Architectures487619
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-Node: GNU Free Documentation License526991
-Node: Indexes552171
-Node: Builtin Index552625
-Node: Reserved Word Index559726
-Node: Variable Index562174
-Node: Function Index579308
-Node: Concept Index593167
+Node: Top900
+Node: Introduction2840
+Node: What is Bash?3056
+Node: What is a shell?4200
+Node: Definitions6782
+Node: Basic Shell Features9961
+Node: Shell Syntax11184
+Node: Shell Operation12214
+Node: Quoting13515
+Node: Escape Character14831
+Node: Single Quotes15332
+Node: Double Quotes15684
+Node: ANSI-C Quoting17030
+Node: Locale Translation18418
+Node: Creating Internationalized Scripts19765
+Node: Comments23966
+Node: Shell Commands24604
+Node: Reserved Words25546
+Node: Simple Commands26414
+Node: Pipelines27076
+Node: Lists30142
+Node: Compound Commands32017
+Node: Looping Constructs33029
+Node: Conditional Constructs35576
+Node: Command Grouping50400
+Node: Coprocesses51890
+Node: GNU Parallel54589
+Node: Shell Functions55510
+Node: Shell Parameters63619
+Node: Positional Parameters68155
+Node: Special Parameters69093
+Node: Shell Expansions72402
+Node: Brace Expansion74594
+Node: Tilde Expansion77260
+Node: Shell Parameter Expansion80029
+Node: Command Substitution99139
+Node: Arithmetic Expansion102675
+Node: Process Substitution103643
+Node: Word Splitting104783
+Node: Filename Expansion106927
+Node: Pattern Matching110026
+Node: Quote Removal115262
+Node: Redirections115569
+Node: Executing Commands125381
+Node: Simple Command Expansion126051
+Node: Command Search and Execution128165
+Node: Command Execution Environment130576
+Node: Environment133888
+Node: Exit Status135595
+Node: Signals137383
+Node: Shell Scripts141000
+Node: Shell Builtin Commands144095
+Node: Bourne Shell Builtins146209
+Node: Bash Builtins170982
+Node: Modifying Shell Behavior206084
+Node: The Set Builtin206429
+Node: The Shopt Builtin218015
+Node: Special Builtins234980
+Node: Shell Variables235972
+Node: Bourne Shell Variables236409
+Node: Bash Variables238605
+Node: Bash Features275803
+Node: Invoking Bash276820
+Node: Bash Startup Files283222
+Node: Interactive Shells288528
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+Node: Is this Shell Interactive?289608
+Node: Interactive Shell Behavior290435
+Node: Bash Conditional Expressions294192
+Node: Shell Arithmetic299369
+Node: Aliases302454
+Node: Arrays305412
+Node: The Directory Stack312214
+Node: Directory Stack Builtins313014
+Node: Controlling the Prompt317466
+Node: The Restricted Shell320607
+Node: Bash POSIX Mode323397
+Node: Shell Compatibility Mode340911
+Node: Job Control349681
+Node: Job Control Basics350141
+Node: Job Control Builtins355318
+Node: Job Control Variables361265
+Node: Command Line Editing362445
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+Node: Readline Bare Essentials366990
+Node: Readline Movement Commands368811
+Node: Readline Killing Commands369811
+Node: Readline Arguments371792
+Node: Searching372852
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+Node: Readline Init File Syntax376369
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+Node: Commands For Completion425564
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+Node: Programmable Completion Builtins446159
+Node: A Programmable Completion Example457728
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+Node: Bash History Facilities463760
+Node: Bash History Builtins466875
+Node: History Interaction472121
+Node: Event Designators476449
+Node: Word Designators478035
+Node: Modifiers480190
+Node: Installing Bash482102
+Node: Basic Installation483239
+Node: Compilers and Options487121
+Node: Compiling For Multiple Architectures487874
+Node: Installation Names489626
+Node: Specifying the System Type491863
+Node: Sharing Defaults492612
+Node: Operation Controls493329
+Node: Optional Features494351
+Node: Reporting Bugs506156
+Node: Major Differences From The Bourne Shell507508
+Node: GNU Free Documentation License527246
+Node: Indexes552426
+Node: Builtin Index552880
+Node: Reserved Word Index559981
+Node: Variable Index562429
+Node: Function Index579563
+Node: Concept Index593422
 
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