Two of the main format specifiers are %s for strings and %d for decimal integers. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 cor@debian:~/shell/mar9$ printf "%s %s\n" hello world hello world cor@debian:~/shell/mar9$ printf "hello %s\n" world hello world cor@debian:~/shell/mar9$ printf "|%10s|\n...
In the exampleprintf "My brother %s is %d years old.\n" Prakash 21, the entire "My brother %s is %d years old.\n" is format and it is followed by the argumentsPrakashand21. The arguments are used for replacing the format specifiers (%s, %d etc) which I'll explain later in this ...
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The-rargument prevents the interpretation of backslash-escaped characters. Theprintfcommand prints each line of the file. The format specifiers treat the input as a string (%s) and add a newline character (\n) after each line. Theherestring feeds thecatcommand's output to thereadcommand. 3....
local fer_pfx="${pfx//\%/%%}" # "escape" for-each-ref format specifiers __git_find_repo_path dir="$__git_repo_path" if [ -z "$remote" ]; then if [ -z "$dir" ]; then return fi else if __git_is_configured_remote "$remote"; then # configured remote takes precedence over...
simple command In its simplest form a line in a shell script is a word denoting a command. The shell looks successively for a user-defined function, built-in function, and external command in the search path matching the word. The first one found is run. If no matching function or extern...
Whatever you have seen till now, you can find the same set of operations in theechocommand too. If you already know theechocommand, by this time you would have got very comfortable with theprintfcommand too. Printf format specifiers
In the exampleprintf "My brother %s is %d years old.\n" Prakash 21, the entire "My brother %s is %d years old.\n" is format and it is followed by the argumentsPrakashand21. The arguments are used for replacing the format specifiers (%s, %d etc) which I'll explain later in this ...