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| author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2018-03-13 14:53:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2018-03-13 14:53:06 +0000 |
| commit | e178e6b439d8efb73a2b77f242bf3a1981d37164 (patch) | |
| tree | a06de966e182c36abdb4d1190a66e30333d8485e | |
| parent | 4bb461324e01c4a9507f3762bb52289516fb0498 (diff) | |
remove the Ic macro from EXAMPLES, and use a much more standard literal;
while there, kill some Tn
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/printf/printf.1 | 25 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 index c9a5de9221b..ffe32427a39 100644 --- a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 +++ b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: printf.1,v 1.30 2016/11/18 15:59:10 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: printf.1,v 1.31 2018/03/13 14:53:05 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" .\" from: @(#)printf.1 5.11 (Berkeley) 7/24/91 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: November 18 2016 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 13 2018 $ .Dt PRINTF 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ otherwise it is evaluated as a C constant, with the following extensions: .It A leading plus or minus sign is allowed. .It -If the leading character is a single or double quote, the value is the -.Tn ASCII -code of the next character. +If the leading character is a single or double quote, +the value is the ASCII code of the next character. .El .Pp The format string is reused as often as necessary to satisfy the arguments. @@ -101,10 +100,8 @@ Write a <single quote> character. .It Cm \e\e Write a backslash character. .It Cm \e Ns Ar num -Write an 8-bit character whose -.Tn ASCII -value is the 1-, 2-, or 3-digit -octal number +Write an 8-bit character whose ASCII value is +the 1-, 2-, or 3-digit octal number .Ar num . .El .Pp @@ -355,12 +352,12 @@ the actual width. .Sh EXAMPLES Convert a hexadecimal value to decimal and print it out: .Pp -.D1 Ic $ printf \&"%d\en\&" 0x20 +.Dl $ printf \&"%d\en\&" 0x20 .Pp Print the decimal representation of the character 'a' (see .Xr ascii 7 ) : .Pp -.D1 Ic $ printf \&"%d\en\&" \e'a +.Dl $ printf \&"%d\en\&" \e'a .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr echo 1 , .Xr printf 3 @@ -394,7 +391,5 @@ Always be sure to use the proper secure idiom: printf "%s" "$STRING" .Ed .Sh BUGS -Since arguments are translated from -.Tn ASCII -to floating-point, and -then back again, floating-point precision may be lost. +Since arguments are translated from ASCII to floating-point, +and then back again, floating-point precision may be lost. |