printf "Hello %d %i %f %F %g %G\n" 1 2 3 4 5 6 printf "%x %X %o %llu\n" 10 11 8 -1 # %a has OS-dependent output - see #1139 #printf "%a %A\n" 14 15 printf "%c %s\n" a hello printf "%c%c%c\n" hello … o printf "%e %E\n" 5 6 printf "%20d\n" 50 printf "%-20d%d\n" 5 10 printf "%*d\n" 10 100 printf "%%\"\\\n" printf "%s\b%s\n" x y printf "abc\rdef\n" printf "Msg1\fMsg2\n" printf "foo\vbar\vbaz\n" printf "\111 \x50 \u0051 \U00000052" echo echo "Test escapes" # \c escape means "stop printing" printf 'a\cb' echo # Bogus printf specifier, should produce no stdout printf "%5" 10 ^ /dev/null # Octal escapes produce literal bytes, not characters # \376 is 0xFE printf '\376' | xxd -p true