>>>>> "Mathieu" == Mathieu Bouchard <matju / sympatico.ca> writes: Mathieu> The expression: Mathieu> printf "%x", -42 Mathieu> shows: Mathieu> ..fd6 In fact, %x is a format for _unsigned hex_, as in ISO C89 and further, as in Perl, as in ksh... I think this result is normal as fd6 is the internal representation of -02a. -- Éòic Jacoboni, nil y a 1293794591 secondes