User Commands print(1) NAME print - shell built-in function to output characters to the screen or window SYNOPSIS /usr/bin/print print [-CRenprsv] [-f format] [-u fd] [string...] ksh print [-Rnprsu [n]] [arg]... ksh93 print [-CRenprsv] [-f format] [-u fd] [string...] DESCRIPTION ksh The shell output mechanism. With no flags or with flag - or -, the arguments are printed on standard output as described by echo(1). /usr/bin/print, ksh93 print By default, print writes each string operand to standard output and appends a NEWLINE character. Unless, the -r, -R, or -f option is speciifed, each \ char- acter in each string operand is processed specially as fol- lows: \a Alert character. \b Backspace character. \c Terminate output without appending NEWLINE. The remaining string operands are ignored. \E Escape character (ASCII octal 033). \f FORM FEED character. \n NEWLINE character. \t Tab character. \v Vertical tab character. SunOS 5.11 Last change: 20 Nov 2007 1 User Commands print(1) \\ Backslash character. \0x The 8-bit character whose ASCII code is the 1-, 2-, or 3-digit octal number x. OPTIONS ksh The following options are supported by ksh: -n Suppresses new-line from being added to the out- put. -r-R Raw mode. Ignore the escape conventions of echo. The -R option prints all subsequent arguments and options other than -n. -p Cause the arguments to be written onto the pipe of the process spawned with |& instead of stan- dard output. -s Cause the arguments to be written onto the his- tory file instead of standard output. -u [ n ] Specify a one digit file descriptor unit number n on which the output is placed. The default is 1. ksh93 The following options are supported by ksh93: -e Unless -f is specified, process \ sequences in each string operand as described above. This is the default behavior. If both -e and -r are specified, the last one specified is the one that is used. -f format Write the string arguments using the format string format and do not append a NEWLINE. See printf(1) for details on how to specify format. When the -f option is specified and there are more string operands than format specifiers, the format string is reprocessed from the SunOS 5.11 Last change: 20 Nov 2007 2 User Commands print(1) beginning. If there are fewer string operands than format specifiers, then outputting ends at the first unneeded format specifier. -n Do not append a NEWLINE character to the out- put. -p Write to the current co-process instead of standard output. -r Do not process \ sequences in each string -R operand as described above. If both -e and -r are specified, the last one specified is the one that is used. -s Write the output as an entry in the shell his- tory file instead of standard output. -u fd Write to file descriptor number fd instead of standard output. The default value is 1. -v Treat each string as a variable name and write the value in %B format. Cannot be used with -f. -C Treat each string as a variable name and write the value in %#B format. Cannot be used with -f. EXIT STATUS The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion. >0 Output file is not open for writing. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri- butes: ____________________________________________________________ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | |_____________________________|_____________________________| | Availability | SUNWcsu | |_____________________________|_____________________________| SEE ALSO SunOS 5.11 Last change: 20 Nov 2007 3 User Commands print(1) echo(1), ksh93(1), ksh(1), printf(1), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 Last change: 20 Nov 2007 4