PRINTF(1) printf -- printf []... printf () : --help --version printf C. : \" \\ \a ( BEL) \b \c \e \f \n \r \t \v \NNN NNN ( 1 3 ) \xHH HH ( 1 2 ) \uHHHH (ISO/IEC 10646) HHHH (4 ) \UHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHH (8 ) %% % %b ARGUMENT as a string with '\' escapes interpreted, except that octal escapes should have a leading 0 like \0NNN %q ARGUMENT is printed in a format that can be reused as shell input, escaping non-printable characters with the POSIX $" syntax C, diouxXfeEgGcs, . . printf, , . , . (David MacKenzie). bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: GNU: Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GPLv3+: GNU GPL 3 . : . , . printf(3) , info '(coreutils) printf invocation' () ; GNU (GNU General Public License - GPL, 3 ) , - . - , , () () () . GNU coreutils 9.11 April 2026 PRINTF(1)