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