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EAN : 9782746097124
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CentOS 5.6

printf(1)


PRINTF

PRINTF

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

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:

\"

double quote

\NNN

character with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)

\\

backslash

\a

alert (BEL)

\b

backspace

\c

produce no further output

\f

form feed

\n

new line

\r

carriage return

\t

horizontal tab

\v

vertical tab

\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.

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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