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+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.48.5.
+.TH PRINTF "1" "August 2023" "GNU coreutils 9.4" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+printf \- format and print data
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B printf
+\fI\,FORMAT \/\fR[\fI\,ARGUMENT\/\fR]...
+.br
+.B printf
+\fI\,OPTION\/\fR
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" Add any additional description here
+.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
+.TP
+%q
+ARGUMENT is printed in a format that can be reused as shell input,
+escaping non\-printable characters with the proposed POSIX $'' syntax.
+.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.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Written by David MacKenzie.
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
+.br
+Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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"
+\fBprintf\fP(3)
+.PP
+.br
+Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printf>
+.br
+or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) printf invocation\(aq