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NAME

6       printf - format and print data
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SYNOPSIS

9       printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]...
10       printf OPTION
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DESCRIPTION

13       Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT, or execute according to OPTION:
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15       --help display this help and exit
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17       --version
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20       FORMAT controls the output as in C printf.  Interpreted sequences are:
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22       \"     double quote
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26       \a     alert (BEL)
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28       \b     backspace
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30       \c     produce no further output
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32       \e     escape
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34       \f     form feed
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36       \n     new line
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38       \r     carriage return
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40       \t     horizontal tab
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42       \v     vertical tab
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44       \NNN   byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
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46       \xHH   byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
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48       \uHHHH Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character with hex value HHHH (4 digits)
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50       \UHHHHHHHH
51              Unicode character with hex value HHHHHHHH (8 digits)
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53       %%     a single %
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55       %b     ARGUMENT  as  a string with '\' escapes interpreted, except that
56              octal escapes are of the form \0 or \0NNN
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58       %q     ARGUMENT is printed in a format that can be reused as shell  in‐
59              put,  escaping  non-printable characters with the proposed POSIX
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62       and all C format specifications ending with one of diouxXfeEgGcs,  with
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65       NOTE:  your shell may have its own version of printf, which usually su‐
66       persedes the version described here.  Please refer to your shell's doc‐
67       umentation for details about the options it supports.
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AUTHOR

70       Written by David MacKenzie.
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REPORTING BUGS

73       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
74       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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77       Copyright  ©  2022  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
78       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
79       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
80       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

83       printf(3)
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85       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printf>
86       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) printf invocation'
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