33. Output Format - Prints Formatted Results
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Linux provides a printf command through which we can format what we want to output.
New line
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Prints a new line
Double quote
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Prints a double quote
Backslash
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Prints a backslash
Alert bell
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Echos a bell sound
Backspace
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Backspace a character
Escape
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Backspace a character
Form Feed
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Before switching to a new screen page

After switching to a new screen page
Carriage Return
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Presses the enter key
Horizontal Tab
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Prints a horizontal tab
Vertical Tab
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Prints a vertical tab
Octal Value
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Prints octal values
Hexadecimal Value
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Prints hexadecimal values
Unicode Character
Four Digits
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Prints four digits unicode characters
Eight Digits
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Prints eight digits unicode characters
References PRINTF(1), PRINTF(3), 15.2 printf: Format and print data
Author Dong Chen
LastMod Wed Mar 6 2019