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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 85b0bb0c5..0646a6672 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -8454,11 +8454,12 @@ all of the given @var{argument}s. argument string with @samp{\} escapes interpreted in the same way as in the @var{format} string. -@kindex \0ooo -@kindex \xhh -@command{printf} interprets @samp{\0ooo} in @var{format} as an octal number +@kindex \@var{ooo} +@kindex \x@var{hh} + +@command{printf} interprets @samp{\@var{ooo}} in @var{format} as an octal number (if @var{ooo} is 0 to 3 octal digits) specifying a character to print, -and @samp{\xhh} as a hexadecimal number (if @var{hh} is 1 to 2 hex +and @samp{\x@var{hh}} as a hexadecimal number (if @var{hh} is 1 to 2 hex digits) specifying a character to print. @kindex \uhhhh |