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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/printf/printf.1 | 23 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 index 2afb9d3..792529a 100644 --- a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 +++ b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ A `\-' overrides a `0' if both are used; .It "Field Width:" An optional digit string specifying a .Em field width ; -if the output string has fewer characters than the field width it will +if the output string has fewer bytes than the field width it will be blank-padded on the left (or right, if the left-adjustment indicator has been given) to make up the field width (note that a leading zero is a flag, but an embedded zero is part of a field width); @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ for .Cm e and .Cm f -formats, or the maximum number of characters to be printed +formats, or the maximum number of bytes to be printed from a string; if the digit string is missing, the precision is treated as zero; .It Format: @@ -271,15 +271,15 @@ and .Ql nan , respectively. .It Cm c -The first character of +The first byte of .Ar argument is printed. .It Cm s -Characters from the string +Bytes from the string .Ar argument -are printed until the end is reached or until the number of characters +are printed until the end is reached or until the number of bytes indicated by the precision specification is reached; however if the -precision is 0 or missing, all characters in the string are printed. +precision is 0 or missing, the string is printed entirely. .It Cm b As for .Cm s , @@ -346,6 +346,17 @@ to interpret the dash as a program argument. .Nm -- must be used before .Ar format . +.Pp +If the locale contains multibyte characters +(such as UTF-8), +the +.Cm c +format and +.Cm b +and +.Cm s +formats with a precision +may not operate as expected. .Sh BUGS Since the floating point numbers are translated from .Tn ASCII |
