Korn Shell: Unix and Linux Programming Manual, Third Edition, The By Anatole Olczak
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Appendix G. Pdksh Quick Reference
THE print COMMAND
print [options] arguments
display arguments according to options
print Options
?/span>
treat everything following ?/span> as an argument, even if it begins with ?/span>
n
do not add a ending newline to output
p
redirect the given arguments to a co-process
r
ignore \ escape conventions
R
ignore \ escape conventions; do not interpret ?/span> arguments as options (except n)
s
redirect given arguments to history file
un
redirect arguments to file descriptor n. If file descriptor is greater than 2, it must first be opened with exec. If n is not specified, default file descriptor is 1 (standard output).
print Escape Characters
\a
Bell character
\b
Backspace
\c
Line without ending newline
\f
Formfeed
\n
Newline
\r
Return
\t
Tab
\v
Vertical tab
\\
Backslash
\0x
8-bit character whose ASCII code is the 1-, 2-, or 3-digit octal number x
