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printf - format and print data
printf format [argument...]
printf {--help,--version}
This manual page documents the GNU
version of printf. printf prints the format string, interpreting `%' directives
and `\' escapes in the same way as the C `printf' function. The format argument
is re-used as many times as necessary to convert all of the given arguments.
printf interprets `\0ooo' as a an octal number (`ooo' is 0 to 3 digits) specifying
a character to print, and `\xhhh' as a hexadecimal number (`hhh' is 1 to 3
digits) specifying a character to print. It has an additional escape,
`\c', which causes printf to produce no further output, and an additional
directive, `%b', which prints its argument string with `\' escapes interpreted
the way they are in the format string.
When GNU printf is invoked
with exactly one argument, the following options are recognized:
- --help
- Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
- --version
- Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.
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