PRINTF(1)                        User Commands
PRINTF(1)



NNAAMMEE
       printf - format and print data

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       pprriinnttff _F_O_R_M_A_T
       [_A_R_G_U_M_E_N_T]...  pprriinnttff
       _O_P_T_I_O_N

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT.

       ----hheellpp display this help and exit

       ----vveerrssiioonn
              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.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

RREEPPOORRTTIINNGG BBUUGGSS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
       Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute
       copies  of  it  under  the terms       of
       the      GNU      General      Public      License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO
       WARRANTY,  to  the extent permitted by law.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       The  full  documentation  for pprriinnttff is
       maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the iinnffoo
       and pprriinnttff programs are properly installed
       at  your  site, the command

              iinnffoo pprriinnttff

       should give you access to the complete manual.



printf 6.7                       December 2006
PRINTF(1)
