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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)



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     %%   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  diouxX-
     feEgGcs,  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 printf bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU             coreutils             home             page:
     
     General        help        using        GNU        software:
     
     Report       printf        translation        bugs        to
     

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright cO 2010 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License
     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     .
     This is free software: you are free to change and  redistri-
     bute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     printf(3)

     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 coreutils printf invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:







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NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http://opensolaris.org.












































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