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PRINTF(1) User Commands PRINTF(1)
NAME
printf - format and print data
SYNOPSIS
printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]...
printf OPTION
DESCRIPTION
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of printf
which will supersede the version described here. Please
refer to your shell's documentation for details about
the options it supports.
Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
FORMAT controls the output as in C printf. Interpreted
sequences are:
\" double quote
\NNN character with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
\\ backslash
\a alert (BEL)
\b backspace
\c produce no further output
\f form feed
\n new line
\r carriage return
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab
\xHH byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
\uHHHH Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character with hex value
HHHH (4 digits)
\UHHHHHHHH
Unicode character with hex value HHHHHHHH (8 dig-
its)
%% a single %
%b ARGUMENT as a string with `\' escapes inter-
preted,
except that octal escapes are of the form \0 or
\0NNN
and all C format specifications ending with one of
diouxXfeEgGcs, with ARGUMENTs converted to proper type
first. Variable widths are handled.
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for printf is maintained as a
Texinfo manual. If the info and printf programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
info printf
should give you access to the complete manual.
printf 5.3.0 November 2004 PRINTF(1)
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