• NAME
  
  printf - format and print data
• SYNOPSIS
  
  printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]...
  printf OPTION
• DESCRIPTION
  
  
  
  Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT, or execute according to OPTION:

  --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
  
  and all C format specifications ending with one of diouxXfeEgGcs, with ARGUMENTs converted to proper type first.  Variable widths are handled.
  
  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.

• AUTHOR
  
  Written by David MacKenzie.
• REPORTING BUGS
  
  Report printf bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
  GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
  General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
• COPYRIGHT
  
  Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
• SEE ALSO
  
  printf(3)
  
  The full documentation for printf is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and printf programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils (aqprintf invocation(aq
  
  should give you access to the complete manual.

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