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