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printf
printf — Write formatted output
Format
Description
printf format [argument ...]
printf writes the argument operands to standard output, formatted according to the
format operand.
format is a format string composed of conversion specifications that convert and
add the next argument to the output. format can contain backslash-escape
sequences. These conversions are similar to those used by the ANSI C standard.
Conversion specifications have the form:
%[flag][width]
[precision][char]
where flag is one of the following:
− Left-justifies the field; default is right justification.
+ Always prefixes a signed value with a sign (+ or −).
space Reserves a character position at the start of the string for the minus sign
(for negative numbers) or a space (for positive numbers). If both space and
− appear as flags, the space flag is ignored.
# Prefixes octal values with 0 and hexadecimal values with 0x or 0X. For
floating-point values, this causes the decimal point always to be displayed
even if no characters follow it.
0 Pads numeric values with leading zeros. If both 0 and − appear as flags,
the 0 flag is ignored.
width is the minimum field width of the output field. If the converted value is shorter
than the minimum width, printf pads it with spaces or zeros.
In a string, precision is the maximum number of bytes to be printed from the string;
in a number, the precision is the number of digits to be printed to right of the
decimal point in a floating-point value. width or precision can be specified as *, in
which case the value is read from the next argument, which must be an integer. For
example:
printf "%*.*d\n" 20 10 200
is equivalent to:
printf "%20.10d\n" 200
The conversion character char is one of the following:
b A string that may contain a backslash-escape sequence. Valid escape
sequences are described in
c Single character of an integer value; the first character of a string.
d Decimal integer.
e,E Floating point (scientific notation).
f,F Floating point.
g,G The shorter of e and f (suppresses nonsignificant zeros).
i Decimal integer.
o Unsigned octal integer.
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