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.TH PRINTF "1" "October 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.20" "User Commands"
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printf \- format and print data
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\fIFORMAT \fR[\fIARGUMENT\fR]...
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.\" Add any additional description here
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Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT, or execute according to OPTION:
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display this help and exit
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output version information and exit
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FORMAT controls the output as in C printf. Interpreted sequences are:
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produce no further output
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byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
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byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
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Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character with hex value HHHH (4 digits)
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Unicode character with hex value HHHHHHHH (8 digits)
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ARGUMENT as a string with '\e' escapes interpreted,
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except that octal escapes are of the form \e0 or \e0NNN
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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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NOTE: 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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Written by David MacKenzie.
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Report printf bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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Report printf translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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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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The full documentation for
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is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.B info coreutils \(aqprintf invocation\(aq
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should give you access to the complete manual.
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