NAME
printf - format and print data
SYNOPSIS
printf
FORMAT [ARGUMENT]...
printf
OPTION
DESCRIPTION
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:
\NNN
character with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
\c
produce no further output
\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)
%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.
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.
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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.
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