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PRINTF(1) User Commands PRINTF(1)

NAME
printf - format and print data

SYNOPSIS
printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]...
printf OPTION

DESCRIPTION
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

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.

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report printf transla-
tion bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 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.