printf(1)

format and print data

Package: coreutil, added for amigaux.

This package comes with the extra set; without it, printf is the original one: see printf-original(1).

Also by this name: printf(3S), Standard input and output · printf(3B), BSD C library

NAME

printf - format and print data

SYNOPSIS

printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]...
printf OPTION

DESCRIPTION

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of printf which will supercede the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

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
\xNN: byte with hexadecimal value NN (1 to 2 digits)
\uNNNN: character with hexadecimal value NNNN (4 digits)
\UNNNNNNNN: character with hexadecimal value NNNNNNNN (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.

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.