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.TH PRINTF "1" "October 2021" "GNU coreutils 8.32" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
printf \- format and print data
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B printf
\fI\,FORMAT \/\fR[\fI\,ARGUMENT\/\fR]...
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.B printf
\fI\,OPTION\/\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
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\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/>
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Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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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
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printf>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) printf invocation\(aq