{"id":3314,"date":"2024-02-22T21:15:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T15:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttech101.com\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2024-03-11T22:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T16:45:52","slug":"printf-command-in-linux-with-examples-and-their-outputs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smarttech101.com\/printf-command-in-linux-with-examples-and-their-outputs\/","title":{"rendered":"Printf Command in Linux with Examples and their Outputs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The printf command in Linux is used to format and print data. It is similar to the printf<\/code> function in the C programming language. This command allows you to format strings, numbers, and other types of data according to a specified format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of these formats, special characters are going to work with other similar commands like echo<\/a>, gawk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: <\/strong>the following examples are based on standard POSIX compliant printf command. That means they are definitely going to work with dash<\/code> shell (in Ubuntu, this is sh<\/code> shell). Some of these might not work with Bash and Zsh. All these variations mentioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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