1 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.43.3.
2 .TH PRINTF "1" "May 2014" "GNU coreutils 8.22" "User Commands"
4 printf \- format and print data
7 \fIFORMAT \fR[\fIARGUMENT\fR]...
12 .\" Add any additional description here
14 Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT, or execute according to OPTION:
17 display this help and exit
20 output version information and exit
22 FORMAT controls the output as in C printf. Interpreted sequences are:
37 produce no further output
58 byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
61 byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
64 Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character with hex value HHHH (4 digits)
67 Unicode character with hex value HHHHHHHH (8 digits)
73 ARGUMENT as a string with '\e' escapes interpreted,
74 except that octal escapes are of the form \e0 or \e0NNN
76 and all C format specifications ending with one of diouxXfeEgGcs, with
77 ARGUMENTs converted to proper type first. Variable widths are handled.
79 NOTE: your shell may have its own version of printf, which usually supersedes
80 the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
81 for details about the options it supports.
83 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
84 Report printf translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
86 Written by David MacKenzie.
88 Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
89 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
91 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
92 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
96 The full documentation for
98 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
102 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
104 .B info coreutils \(aqprintf invocation\(aq
106 should give you access to the complete manual.