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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.