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PRINTF(1) User Commands PRINTF(1)
printf - format and print data
printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]...
printf OPTION
Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT, or execute according to
OPTION:
--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
\\ backslash
\a alert (BEL)
\b backspace
\c produce no further output
\e escape
\f form feed
\n new line
\r carriage return
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab
\NNN byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
\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
%q ARGUMENT is printed in a format that can be reused as shell
input, escaping non-printable characters with the proposed
POSIX $'' syntax.
and all C format specifications ending with one of diouxXfeEgGcs,
with ARGUMENTs converted to proper type first. Variable widths are
handled.
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of printf, which usually
supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's
documentation for details about the options it supports.
Written by David MacKenzie.
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report printf translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
Copyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
printf(3)
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printf>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) printf invocation'
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