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104 lines
2.3 KiB
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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.50.1.
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.TH PRINTF "1" "April 2025" "GNU coreutils 9.7" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
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printf \- format and print data
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B printf
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\fI\,FORMAT \/\fR[\fI\,ARGUMENT\/\fR]...
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.br
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.B printf
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\fI\,OPTION\/\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.\" Add any additional description here
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.PP
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Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT, or execute according to OPTION:
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.TP
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\fB\-\-help\fR
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display this help and exit
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.TP
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\fB\-\-version\fR
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output version information and exit
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.PP
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FORMAT controls the output as in C printf. Interpreted sequences are:
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.TP
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\e"
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double quote
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.TP
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\e\e
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backslash
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.TP
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\ea
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alert (BEL)
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.TP
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\eb
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backspace
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.TP
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\ec
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produce no further output
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.TP
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\ee
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escape
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.TP
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\ef
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form feed
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.TP
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\en
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new line
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.TP
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\er
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carriage return
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.TP
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\et
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horizontal tab
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.TP
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\ev
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vertical tab
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.TP
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\eNNN
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byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
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.TP
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\exHH
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byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
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.TP
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\euHHHH
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Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character with hex value HHHH (4 digits)
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.TP
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\eUHHHHHHHH
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Unicode character with hex value HHHHHHHH (8 digits)
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.TP
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%%
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a single %
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.TP
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%b
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ARGUMENT as a string with '\e' escapes interpreted,
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except that octal escapes should have a leading 0 like \e0NNN
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.TP
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%q
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ARGUMENT is printed in a format that can be reused as shell input,
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escaping non\-printable characters with the POSIX $'' syntax
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.PP
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and all C format specifications ending with one of diouxXfeEgGcs, with
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ARGUMENTs converted to proper type first. Variable widths are handled.
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.PP
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Your shell may have its own version of printf, which usually supersedes
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the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
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for details about the options it supports.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Written by David MacKenzie.
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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.br
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Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright \(co 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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.br
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBprintf\fP(3)
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.PP
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.br
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printf>
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.br
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) printf invocation\(aq
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