Module Name: src
Committed By: kre
Date: Wed May 19 22:29:18 UTC 2021
Modified Files:
src/usr.bin/printf: printf.1
Log Message:
Don't describe "%%: in the format as a format conversion, it isn't,
it is an escaped literal '%' character. None of what applies to
format conversions applies to this.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.35 -r1.36 src/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
diff -u src/usr.bin/printf/printf.1:1.35 src/usr.bin/printf/printf.1:1.36
--- src/usr.bin/printf/printf.1:1.35 Mon Jun 29 22:50:11 2020
+++ src/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 Wed May 19 22:29:18 2021
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: printf.1,v 1.35 2020/06/29 22:50:11 uwe Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: printf.1,v 1.36 2021/05/19 22:29:18 kre Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" from: @(#)printf.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\"
-.Dd August 31, 2018
+.Dd May 19, 2021
.Dt PRINTF 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ value is the 1- or 2-digit hexadecimal n
.Pp
Each format specification is introduced by the percent character
.Pq Ql \&% .
+To produce a literal percent
+.Pq Ql \&%
+in the output, write the percent chracter twice:
+.Pq Ql \&%% .
+This is not a format conversion.
The remainder of the format specification includes,
in the following order:
.Bl -tag -width 5n
@@ -397,10 +402,6 @@ Characters from the string
are printed until the end is reached or until the number of characters
indicated by the precision specification is reached; if the
precision is omitted, all characters in the string are printed.
-.It Cm \&%
-Print a literal percent character
-.Pq Ql % ;
-no argument is used.
.El
.Pp
In no case does a non-existent or small field width cause truncation of
