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<html> <head> <title>printf</title> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="printf"> </head> <body BGCOLOR="#ffffff" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#0000ff" ALINK="#0000ff" TEXT="#000000"> <center> <h1><b>printf</b></h1></center> <PRE> <STRONG><A HREF="/man1/PRINTF">PRINTF(1)</A></STRONG> User Commands <STRONG><A HREF="/man1/PRINTF">PRINTF(1)</A></STRONG> 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 \\ backslash \a alert (BEL) \b backspace \c produce no further output \e escape \f form feed \n new line \r carriage return \t horizontal tab \v vertical tab \NNN byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits) \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 %q ARGUMENT is printed in a format that can be reused as shell in- put, escaping non-printable characters with the proposed POSIX $'' syntax. 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 su- persedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's doc- umentation for details about the options it supports. AUTHOR Written by David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report printf translation bugs to <https://translationpro- ject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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 <STRONG><A HREF="/man3/printf">printf(3)</A></STRONG> Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printf> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) printf invocation' GNU coreutils 8.30 September 2019 <STRONG><A HREF="/man1/PRINTF">PRINTF(1)</A></STRONG></PRE> <center> <h6>Man Pages Copyright Respective Owners. Site Copyright (C) 1994 - 2025 <a href="http://www.he.net">Hurricane Electric</a>. All Rights Reserved.</h6></center> </body> </html>