Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT.
Tag | Description |
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--help | display this help and exit |
--version | |
output version information and exit | |
FORMAT controls the output as in C printf. Interpreted sequences are: | |
\" | double quote |
\NNN | character with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits) |
\\ | backslash |
\a | alert (BEL) |
\b | backspace |
\c | produce no further output |
\f | form feed |
\n | new line |
\r | carriage return |
\t | horizontal tab |
\v | vertical tab |
\xHH | byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits) |
\uHHHH | Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character with hex value HHHH (4 digits) |
\UHHHHHHHH | |
Unicode character with hex value HHHHHHHH (8 digits) | |
%% | a single % |
%b | ARGUMENT as a string with \ escapes interpreted, |
except that octal escapes are of the form \0 or \0NNN |
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of printf, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shells documentation for details about the options it supports.
Tag | Description |
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info printf |
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