Echo and printf are shell built-ins in bash[0]. Does it have to fork to execute them? You could probably answer this by replacing printf with /bin/echo and com

Echo and printf are shell built-ins in bash[0]. Does it have to fork to execute them? You could probably answer this by replacing printf with /bin/echo and comparing the results. I'm not in front of a Linux box, or I'd try. [0] https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bash-Builtins.html https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bash-Buil...