printf

E299164

Unix command command-line utility text processing utility

printf is a command-line utility in Unix-like systems used to format and print data according to specified format strings.

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Label	Occurrences
GNU printf	1
printf canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Unix command ⓘ command-line utility ⓘ text processing utility ⓘ
advantageOverEcho	predictable escape handling ⓘ richer formatting capabilities ⓘ
availableIn	GNU Core Utilities ⓘ surface form: GNU coreutils
category	shell built-in (in many shells) ⓘ
exitStatus	0 on success ⓘ non-zero on failure ⓘ
implementation	BSD printf ⓘ printf self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GNU printf
inputSource	command-line arguments ⓘ
inspiredBy	C printf function ⓘ
introducedIn	POSIX ⓘ surface form: POSIX.1-1990
license	varies by implementation ⓘ
operatingSystem	Linux ⓘ Unix ⓘ macOS ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily	Unix-like systems ⓘ surface form: Unix-like
outputTarget	standard output ⓘ stdout ⓘ
primaryFunction	format text ⓘ print formatted data ⓘ
relatedCommand	echo ⓘ
shellIntegration	Unix shell ⓘ surface form: Bash Dash ⓘ KornShell ⓘ Unix shell ⓘ surface form: POSIX shell Zsh ⓘ
standard	POSIX ⓘ Single UNIX Specification ⓘ
supports	character formatting ⓘ escape sequences ⓘ field width specification ⓘ floating-point formatting ⓘ format strings ⓘ hexadecimal formatting ⓘ left justification ⓘ numeric formatting ⓘ octal formatting ⓘ positional parameters ⓘ precision specification ⓘ string formatting ⓘ zero padding ⓘ
typicalUse	creating tabular output ⓘ generating structured text ⓘ printing numbers with specific precision ⓘ script output formatting ⓘ

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GNU Core Utilities → contains → printf ⓘ

printf → implementation → printf self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GNU printf