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