.TH PRINTF 1
.SH NAME
printf \- format and print data
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B printf
format [argument...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page
documents the GNU version of
.BR printf .
.B printf
prints the
.I format
string, interpreting `%' directives and `\e' escapes in the same way
as the C `printf' function.  It interprets `\e0ooo' as a an octal
number (`ooo' is 0 to 3 digits) specifying a character to print, and
`\exhhh' as a hexadecimal number (`hhh' is 1 to 3 digits) specifying a
character to print.  It has an additional escape, `\ec', which causes
.B printf
to produce no further output, and an additional directive, `%b',
which prints its argument string with `\e' escapes interpreted the way
they are in the
.I format
string.