bash之printf

前几天看到一篇英文的关于bash的printf使用方法，觉得不错，简单的翻译了一下，给大家分享一下，如果错误的地方，请指正，谢谢！ （在多位大侠的指导下，终于会发表情啦！）


-----这里讲的printf指的是bash的内建命令（bash-builtin），而不是C函数中的printf（）,不过它所实现的功能和printf（）函数是非常类似的，可以说是echo命令的一个继承和发展，更加接近POSIX标准。

-----使用语法：

1. printf

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先举个例子：

1. SURNAME=china
   
2. LASTNAME=unix
   
3. printf "Surname: %s\nName: %s\n" "$SURNAME" "$LASTNAME"
   
4. Surname: china
   
5. Name: unix

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如果你想把输出作为一个变量，也很简单，只要使用 –v var的形式就可以。

1. printf -v var "%sxxx"
   
2. echo $var
   
3. xxx

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-----FORMAT 部分内容很多放到后，先说下ARGUMENTS,

一般情况下，ARGUMENT是一个字符（STRING），当然也可以是数值（字），不过有特定的格式，如下（为了尊重原“注”，这里给出英文注释）：

Number-Format	Description
N	A normal decimal number
0N	An octal number
0xN	A hexadecimal number
0XN	A hexadecimal number
"X	(a literal double-quote infront of a character): interpreted as number (underlying codeset) don't forget escaping
'X	(a literal single-quote infront of a character): interpreted as number (underlying codeset) don't forget escaping

<1>如果FORMAT specifies少于ARGUMENTS的个数时，printf会按照设定好的格式，把所有的ARGUMENTS格式化输出。
例子：

1. printf "%s#%s|\n" "xxx" "yyy" "zzz" "ttt" "vvv"
   
2. xxx#yyy|
   
3. zzz#ttt|
   
4. vvv#|

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<2>如果FORMANT specifies 多于ARGUMENTS的个数时，如果FORMAT是数值（字）格式，则按0处理，如果ARUGENT是字符格式，则按NULL处理。
例子：

1. printf "%s#%04d#%s\n" "xxx"
   
2. xxx#0000#

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<3>如果FORMAT是数值（字）格式时，需要注意，数字要满足八进制的要求（base8）, 因为printf命令会按照bash的数字规则来处理。
例子：

1. printf "%d\n" "01"
   
2. 1
   
3. 
   
4. printf "%d\n" "08"
   
5. -bash: printf: 08: invalid number
   
6. 0

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-----下面开始说FORMAT部分。

Printf对FORMAT的解释方法实质上和C函数的printf是一样的，它所识别的字符只有“diouxXfeEgGcs”，使用方法就百分号加上这些字符，”%+字符”。如果要打印百分号符，也很简单，double下，”%%”。
对以上“%+字符”的解释如下：

Format	Description
%b	Print the associated argument while interpreting backslash escapes in there
%q	Print the associated argument shell-quoted, reusable as input
%d	Print the associated argument as signed decimal number
%i	Same as %d
%o	Print the associated argument as unsigned octal number
%u	Print the associated argument as unsigned decimal number
%x	Print the associated argument as unsigned hexadecimal number with lower-case hex-digits (a-f)
%X	Same as %x, but with upper-case hex-digits (A-F)
%f	Interpret and print the associated argument as floating point number
%e	Interpret the associated argument as double, and print it in ±e format
%E	Same as %e, but with an upper-case E in the printed format
%g	Interprets the associated argument as double, but prints it like %f or %e
%G	Same as %g, but print it like %E
%c	Interprets the associated argument as character: only the first character of a given argument is printed
%s	Interprets the associated argument literally as string
%b	Interprets the associated argument as a string and interpreting escape sequences in it
%q	Prints the associated argument in a format, that it can be re-used as shell-input (escaped spaces etc..)
%n	No conversion or printing is done. Assigns the number of so far printed characters to the variable named in the corresponding argument (similat to C's printf)
%(FORMAT)T	output the date-time string resulting from using FORMAT as a format string for strftime(3). The associated argument is the number of seconds since Epoch, or -1 (current time) or -2 (shell startup time)
%%	No conversion is done. Produces a % (percent sign)

既然说printf，在功能上，是echo的继承和发展，那它就一定有更加flexible的设计，下面我们来例举一下。
<1> Modifiers (不知怎么翻译好)
先看个例子吧：

1. printf "%50s\n" "This field is 50 characters wide..."
   
2.                This field is 50 characters wide...

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这个例子中的”50”就是一个Modifier，可以实现向左对齐，字符宽度50，这也是我们最为常见的一种文本输出需求。

下面让我们看看，还有什么其他的Modifiers：

Field output format
	Any number: Specifies a minimum field width, if the text to print is smaller, it's padded with spaces, if the text is bigger, the field is expanded
.	The dot: Together with a field width, the field is not expanded when the text is bigger, the text is cutted instead. "%.s" is an undocumented equivalent for "%.0s", which will force a field width of zero, effectively hiding the field from output
*	The asterisk: the width is given as argument before the string or number. Usage (the "*" corresponds to the "20"): printf "%*s\n" 20 "test string"
#	"Alternative format" for numbers: see table below
-	Left-bound text printing in the field (standard is right-bound)
0	Pads numbers with zeros, not spaces
	Pad a positive number with a space, where a minus (-) is for negative numbers
+	Prints all numbers signed (+ for positive, - for negative)

Alternative Format
%#o	The octal number is printed with a leading zero, unless it's zero itself
%#x, %#X	The hex number is printed with a leading "0x"/"0X", unless it's zero
%#g, %#G	The float number is printed with trailing zeros until the number of digits for the current precision is reached (usually trailing zeros are not printed)
all number formats except %d, %o, %x, %X	Always print a decimal point in the output, even if no digits follow it

此外，精度（precision）也是常见的输出要求，格式为”.”，部分可以是具体的数字，也是”*”；如果是后者，写法上少有差异：

1. printf "%.*f\n" 10 4
   
2. 4.0000000000
   
3. printf "%.10f\n" 4
   
4. 4.0000000000

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<如果是字符串的话，DIGIT 定义的是最大的field width， 如果是整数，则是数字输出的个数，不足是有”0”补齐>

下面是一些逃逸字符（Escape codes）的写法：

Code	Description
\\	Prints the character \ (backslash)
\a	Prints the alert character (ASCII code 7 decimal)
\b	Prints a backspace
\f	Prints a form-feed
\n	Prints a newline
\r	Prints a carriage-return
\t	Prints a horizontal tabulator
\v	Prints a vertical tabulator
\"	Prints a '
\?	Prints a ?
\	Interprets as octal number and prints the corresponding character from the character set
\0	same as \
\x	Interprets as hexadecimal number and prints the corresponding character from the character set (3 digits)
\u	same as \x, but 4 digits
\U	same as \x, but 8 digits

-----最后列举一些例子，加深理解！

1.        打印十六进制值：

1. printf "%d\n" 0x41
   
2. 65
   
3. printf "%d\n" -0x41
   
4. -65
   
5. printf "%+d\n" 0x41 # 输出数值为”+”时，不能用printf "%d\n" +0x41的写法。
   
6. +65

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2.        打印十进制值：

1. printf "%o\n" 65
   
2. 101
   
3. printf "%05o\n" 65
   
4. 00101

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3.        如果打印”0”呢？

1. printf "%d\n"
   
2. 0

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4.        打印字符代码(两种方式)：

1. printf "%d\n" \'A
   
2. 65
   
3. printf "%d\n" "'A"
   
4. 65

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5.        Code 表的打印：

1. for ((x=0; x <= 127; x++)); do
   
2.   printf '%3d | %04o | 0x%02x\n' "$x" "$x" "$x"
   
3. done

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6.        巧妙打印n个”-"

1. length=40
   
2. printf -v line '%*s' "$length"
   
3. echo ${line// /-}
   
4. ----------------------------------------

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或者：

1. length=40
   
2. eval printf -v line '%.0s-' {1..$length}
   
3. ----------------------------------------

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7.        原文中还提到了一种替代Date的方法："%(...)T"（不过我没有运行成功，不知什么原因，大家试试）

1. printf 'This is week %(%U/%Y)T.\n' -1
   
2. This is week 52/2010.

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