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.TH PRINTF "1" "November 2014" "GNU coreutils 8.23" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
printf \- format and print data
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B printf
\fIFORMAT \fR[\fIARGUMENT\fR]...
.br
.B printf
\fIOPTION\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT, or execute according to OPTION:
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
FORMAT controls the output as in C printf.  Interpreted sequences are:
.TP
\e"
double quote
.TP
\e\e
backslash
.TP
\ea
alert (BEL)
.TP
\eb
backspace
.TP
\ec
produce no further output
.TP
\ee
escape
.TP
\ef
form feed
.TP
\en
new line
.TP
\er
carriage return
.TP
\et
horizontal tab
.TP
\ev
vertical tab
.TP
\eNNN
byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
.TP
\exHH
byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
.TP
\euHHHH
Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character with hex value HHHH (4 digits)
.TP
\eUHHHHHHHH
Unicode character with hex value HHHHHHHH (8 digits)
.TP
%%
a single %
.TP
%b
ARGUMENT as a string with '\e' escapes interpreted,
except that octal escapes are of the form \e0 or \e0NNN
.PP
and all C format specifications ending with one of diouxXfeEgGcs, with
ARGUMENTs converted to proper type first.  Variable widths are handled.
.PP
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.
.PP
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report printf translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
printf(3)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B printf
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B printf
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqprintf invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.