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4818 printf(1) should support n$ width and precision specifiers
4854 printf(1) doesn't support %b and \c properly
Reviewed by: Keith Wesolowski <keith.wesolowski@joyent.com>
Approved by: TBD
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! .TH PRINTF 1 "Aug 11, 2009"
.SH NAME
printf \- write formatted output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SS "/usr/bin/printf"
.LP
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+ .\" Copyright 2014 Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
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! .\" (C) 2001-2004 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
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! .TH PRINTF 1 "May 11, 2014"
.SH NAME
printf \- write formatted output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SS "/usr/bin/printf"
.LP
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--- 110,141 ----
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
+ The argument used for the conversion character (or width or precision
+ parameters, see below) may be taken from the \fIn\fRnth argument instead
+ of the next unused argument, by specifying \fIn\fR\fB$\fR immediately following
+ the \fB%\fR character, or the \fB*\fR character (for width or precision
+ arguments).
+ If \fIn\fR\fB$\fR appears in any conversions in the format string,
+ then it must be used for all conversions, including any variable width or
+ precision specifiers.
+ .RE
+ .RS +4
+ .TP
+ .ie t \(bu
+ .el o
+ The special character \fB*\fR may be used instead of a string of decimal digits
+ to indicate a minimum field width or a precision. In this case the next
+ available argument is used (or the \fIn\fRth if the form \fIn\fR\fB$\fR is
+ used), treating its value as a decimal string.
+ .RE
+ .RS +4
+ .TP
+ .ie t \(bu
+ .el o
An additional conversion character, \fBb\fR, is supported as follows. The
argument is taken to be a string that can contain backslash-escape sequences.
The following backslash-escape sequences are supported:
.RS +4
.TP
*** 128,138 ****
argument, the next argument operand is evaluated and converted to the
appropriate type for the conversion as specified below. The \fIformat\fR
operand is reused as often as necessary to satisfy the argument operands. Any
extra \fBc\fR or \fBs\fR conversion specifications are evaluated as if a null
string argument were supplied; other extra conversion specifications are
! evaluated as if a zero argument were supplied. If the \fIformat\fR operand
contains no conversion specifications and \fIargument\fR operands are present,
the results are unspecified. If a character sequence in the \fIformat\fR
operand begins with a \fB%\fR character, but does not form a valid conversion
specification, the behavior is unspecified.
.RE
--- 172,190 ----
argument, the next argument operand is evaluated and converted to the
appropriate type for the conversion as specified below. The \fIformat\fR
operand is reused as often as necessary to satisfy the argument operands. Any
extra \fBc\fR or \fBs\fR conversion specifications are evaluated as if a null
string argument were supplied; other extra conversion specifications are
! evaluated as if a zero argument were supplied.
! .sp
! When there are more argument operands than format specifiers, and the
! format includes \fIn\fR\fB$\fR position indicators, then the format is
! reprocessed from the beginning as above, but with the argument list starting
! from the next argument after the highest \fIn\fRth argument previously
! encountered.
! .sp
! If the \fIformat\fR operand
contains no conversion specifications and \fIargument\fR operands are present,
the results are unspecified. If a character sequence in the \fIformat\fR
operand begins with a \fB%\fR character, but does not form a valid conversion
specification, the behavior is unspecified.
.RE
*** 384,395 ****
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
! The escape sequence \fB\ex{hex}\fRexpands to the character corresponding to the
! hexadecimal value \fBhex\fR.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
--- 436,447 ----
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
! The escape sequence \fB\ex{hex}\fR expands to the character corresponding to
! the hexadecimal value \fBhex\fR.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
*** 429,438 ****
--- 481,497 ----
operands than format specifiers, then \fIstring\fR specifiers are treated as if
empty strings were supplied, numeric conversions are treated as if \fB0\fR was
supplied, and time conversions are treated as if \fBnow\fR was supplied.
.sp
.LP
+ When there are more argument operands than format specifiers, and the
+ format includes \fIn\fR\fB$\fR position indicators, then the format is
+ reprocessed from the beginning as above, but with the argument list starting
+ from the next argument after the highest \fIn\fRth argument previously
+ encountered.
+ .sp
+ .LP
\fB/usr/bin/printf\fR is equivalent to \fBksh93\fR's \fBprintf\fR built-in and
\fBprint -f\fR, which allows additional options to be specified.
.SH USAGE
.SS "/usr/bin/printf"
.sp
*** 442,454 ****
using the \fB%c\fR conversion specification. Applications should be extremely
cautious using either of these features when there are multi-byte characters in
the character set.
.sp
.LP
- Field widths and precisions cannot be specified as \fB*\fR.
- .sp
- .LP
The \fB%b\fR conversion specification is not part of the ISO C standard; it has
been added here as a portable way to process backslash escapes expanded in
string operands as provided by the \fBecho\fR utility. See also the USAGE
section of the \fBecho\fR(1) manual page for ways to use \fBprintf\fR as a
replacement for all of the traditional versions of the \fBecho\fR utility.
--- 501,510 ----
*** 836,846 ****
Note that the '$' characters must be properly escaped, such as
.sp
.in +2
.nf
! "%1\$s, %3\$d. %2\$s, %4\$d:%5\$.2d\en" in this case
.fi
.in -2
.sp
.sp
--- 892,902 ----
Note that the '$' characters must be properly escaped, such as
.sp
.in +2
.nf
! "%1\e$s, %3\e$d. %2\e$s, %4\e$d:%5\e$.2d\en" in this case
.fi
.in -2
.sp
.sp