PRINTF(1)                     User Commands                     PRINTF(1)

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
              input, 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
       supersedes the version  described  here.   Please  refer  to  your
       shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <https://www.gnu.org/software/core‐
       utils/>
       Report   any   translation   bugs   to    <https://translationpro‐
       ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2020 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
       printf(3)

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

GNU coreutils 8.32              April 2020                      PRINTF(1)