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2 .TH PRINTF "1" "January 2016" "GNU coreutils 8.25" "User Commands"
4 printf \- format and print data
7 \fI\,FORMAT \/\fR[\fI\,ARGUMENT\/\fR]...
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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
77 ARGUMENT is printed in a format that can be reused as shell input,
78 escaping non\-printable characters with the proposed POSIX $'' syntax.
80 and all C format specifications ending with one of diouxXfeEgGcs, with
81 ARGUMENTs converted to proper type first. Variable widths are handled.
83 NOTE: your shell may have its own version of printf, which usually supersedes
84 the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
85 for details about the options it supports.
87 Written by David MacKenzie.
89 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
91 Report printf translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
93 Copyright \(co 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
94 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
96 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
97 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
102 Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printf>
104 or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) printf invocation\(aq