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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 177379b38..8618a6457 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -12075,7 +12075,7 @@ one. @item @kindex %b -@command{printf} has an additional directive, @samp{%b}, which prints its +An additional directive @samp{%b}, prints its argument string with @samp{\} escapes interpreted in the same way as in the @var{format} string, except that octal escapes are of the form @samp{\0@var{ooo}} where @var{ooo} is 0 to 3 octal digits. If @@ -12084,6 +12084,14 @@ If a precision is also given, it limits the number of bytes printed from the converted string. @item +@kindex %q +An additional directive @samp{%q}, prints its argument string +in a format that can be reused as input by most shells. +Non-printable characters are escaped with the POSIX proposed @samp{$''} syntax, +and shell metacharacters are quoted appropriately. +This is an equivalent format to @command{ls --quoting=shell-escape} output. + +@item Numeric arguments must be single C constants, possibly with leading @samp{+} or @samp{-}. For example, @samp{printf %.4d -3} outputs @samp{-0003}. |