HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

p
printf(1) printf(1)
followed by a decimal digit string. A null digit string is treated as a zero.
conversion characters
A conversion character indicates the type of conversion to be applied:
d,i,
o,u,
x,X
The integer argument is printed a signed decimal (
d or i), unsigned
octal (
o), unsigned decimal (
u), or unsigned hexadecimal notation (x and
X). The x conversion uses the numbers and letters
0123456789abcdef
, and the X conversion uses the numbers and
letters
0123456789ABCDEF
. The precision component of the argument
specifies the minimum number of digits to appear. If the value being
converted can be represented in fewer digits than the specified
minimum, it is expanded with leading zeroes. The default precision is 1.
The result of converting a zero value with a precision of 0 is no charac-
ters.
f The floating-point number argument is printed in decimal notation in the
style [
-]ddd rddd, where the number of digits after the radix character,
r, is equal to the precision specification. If the precision is omitted from
the argument, six digits are output; if the precision is explicitly 0, no
radix appears.
e,E The floating-point-number argument is printed in the style [
-
]drddde±dd, where there is one digit before the radix character, and
the number of digits after it is equal to the precision. When the precision
is missing, six digits are produced; if the precision is 0, no radix charac-
ter appears. The E conversion character produces a number with E
introducing the exponent instead of e. The exponent always contains at
least two digits. However, if the value to be printed requires an
exponent greater than two digits, additional exponent digits are printed
as necessary.
g,G The floating-point-number argument is printed in style
f or e (or int
style
E in the case of a G conversion character), with the precision speci-
fying the number of significant digits. The style used depends on the
value converted; style e is used only if the exponent resulting from the
conversion is less than -h or greater than or equal to the precision.
Trailing zeros are remove from the result. A radix character appears
only if it is followed by a digit.
c The first character of the argument is printed.
s The argument is taken to be a string, and characters from the string are
printed until the end of the string or the number of characters indicated
by the precision specification of the argument is reached. If the precision
is omitted from the argument, it is interpreted as infinite and all charac-
ters up to the end of the string are printed.
% Print a % character; no argument is converted.
b Similar to the s conversion specifier, except that the string can contain
backslash-escape sequences which are then converted to the characters
they represent. \c will cause printf to ignore any remaining charac-
ters in the string operand containing it, any remaining string operands
and any additional characters in the format operand.
In no case does a nonexistent or insufficient field width cause truncation of a field; if
the result of a conversion is wider than the field width, the field is simply expanded to
contain the conversion result.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
LC_CTYPE determines the interpretation of arg as single and/or multi-byte characters.
LC_MESSAGES determines the language in which messages are displayed.
If
LC_CTYPE or LC_MESSAGES is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the
value of LANG is used as a default for each unspecified or empty variable. If LANG is not specified or is
Section 1−−706 Hewlett-Packard Company − 2 − HP-UX 11i Version 2: August 2003