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2 .TH PRINTF "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "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.
17 display this help and exit
20 output version information and exit
22 FORMAT controls the output as in C printf. Interpreted sequences are:
28 character with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
40 produce no further output
58 byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
61 Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character with hex value HHHH (4 digits)
64 Unicode character with hex value HHHHHHHH (8 digits)
70 ARGUMENT as a string with `\e' escapes interpreted,
71 except that octal escapes are of the form \e0 or \e0NNN
73 and all C format specifications ending with one of diouxXfeEgGcs, with
74 ARGUMENTs converted to proper type first. Variable widths are handled.
76 NOTE: your shell may have its own version of printf, which usually supersedes
77 the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
78 for details about the options it supports.
80 Written by David MacKenzie.
82 Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
84 Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
86 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
87 the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
88 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
90 The full documentation for
92 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
96 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
100 should give you access to the complete manual.