printf

Format and print text. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printf>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/printf.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/printf
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/printf printf powered by Commando

Format and print text. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printf>.

  • 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

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