Add a new page about the printf command

- printf is a bash command that acts like C's printf, supporting format
   strings and modifiers.

Signed-off-by: Jose Ricardo Ziviani <jrziviani@gmail.com>
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# printf
> Format and print text
- Print a text message
`printf {{"%s\n"}} {{"Hello world"}}`
- Print an integer in bold blue
`printf {{"\e[1;34m%.3d\e[0m\n"}} {{42}}`
- Print a float number with the unicode Euro sign
`printf {{"\u20AC %.2f\n"}} {{123.4}}`
- Print a text message composed with environment variables
`printf {{"var1: %s\tvar2: %s\n"}} {{"$VAR1"}} {{"$VAR2"}}`
- Store a formatted message in a variable (does not work on zsh)
`printf -v {{myvar}} {{"This is %s = %d\n" "a year" 2016}}`