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.Dd February 15, 2015
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.Dt PRINTF 1
.Os sbase
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.Sh NAME
.Nm printf
.Nd print formatted data
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
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.Ar format
.Op Ar arg ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
writes formatted data according to
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.Ar format
using each
.Ar arg
until drained.
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.Pp
.Nm
interprets the standard escape sequences \e\e, \e', \e", \ea, \eb, \ee,
\ef, \en, \er, \et, \ev, \exH[H], \eO[OO], the sequence \ec, which
terminates further output if it's found inside
.Ar format
or a %b format string, the format specification %b for an unescaped string and all C
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.Xr printf 3
format specifications ending with csdiouxXaAeEfFgG, including variable width and precision.
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.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility is compliant with the
.St -p1003.1-2008
specification except from the octal-escape format in %b format strings, which has been changed
from \e0[ooo] to \eo[oo] for consistency reasons.