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printf.1 (800B) |
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1 .Dd October 8, 2015 |
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2 .Dt PRINTF 1 |
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3 .Os sbase |
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4 .Sh NAME |
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5 .Nm printf |
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6 .Nd print formatted data |
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7 .Sh SYNOPSIS |
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8 .Nm |
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9 .Ar format |
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10 .Op Ar arg ... |
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11 .Sh DESCRIPTION |
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12 .Nm |
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13 writes formatted data according to |
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14 .Ar format |
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15 using each |
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16 .Ar arg |
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17 until drained. |
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18 .Pp |
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19 .Nm |
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20 interprets the standard escape sequences \e\e, \e', \e", \ea, \eb, \ee, |
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21 \ef, \en, \er, \et, \ev, \exH[H], \eO[OOO], the sequence \ec, which |
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22 terminates further output if it's found inside |
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23 .Ar format |
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24 or a %b format string, the format specification %b for an unescaped stri… |
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25 .Xr printf 3 |
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26 format specifications ending with csdiouxXaAeEfFgG, including variable w… |
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27 .Sh STANDARDS |
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28 The |
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29 .Nm |
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30 utility is compliant with the |
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31 .St -p1003.1-2013 |
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32 specification. |
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33 .Pp |
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34 The possibility of specifying 4-digit octals is an extension to that spe… |
