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diff --git a/man/printf.1 b/man/printf.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..696ea7e --- /dev/null +++ b/man/printf.1 @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35. +.TH PRINTF "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +printf \- format and print data +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B printf +\fIFORMAT \fR[\fIARGUMENT\fR]... +.br +.B printf +\fIOPTION\fR +.SH DESCRIPTION +.\" Add any additional description here +.PP +Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT. +.TP +\fB\-\-help\fR +display this help and exit +.TP +\fB\-\-version\fR +output version information and exit +.PP +FORMAT controls the output as in C printf. Interpreted sequences are: +.TP +\e" +double quote +.TP +\eNNN +character with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits) +.TP +\e\e +backslash +.TP +\ea +alert (BEL) +.TP +\eb +backspace +.TP +\ec +produce no further output +.TP +\ef +form feed +.TP +\en +new line +.TP +\er +carriage return +.TP +\et +horizontal tab +.TP +\ev +vertical tab +.TP +\exHH +byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits) +.TP +\euHHHH +Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character with hex value HHHH (4 digits) +.TP +\eUHHHHHHHH +Unicode character with hex value HHHHHHHH (8 digits) +.TP +%% +a single % +.TP +%b +ARGUMENT as a string with `\e' escapes interpreted, +except that octal escapes are of the form \e0 or \e0NNN +.PP +and all C format specifications ending with one of diouxXfeEgGcs, with +ARGUMENTs converted to proper type first. Variable widths are handled. +.PP +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. +.SH AUTHOR +Written by David MacKenzie. +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.br +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. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +The full documentation for +.B printf +is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the +.B info +and +.B printf +programs are properly installed at your site, the command +.IP +.B info printf +.PP +should give you access to the complete manual. |