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printf - format and print data
printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]...
printf OPTION
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 digits)
- %%
- a single %
- %b
- ARGUMENT as a string
with ‘\’ escapes interpreted,
- 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.
Written by David MacKenzie.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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.
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