From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-15.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5929DC433DB for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 23:59:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0291961950 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 23:59:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229618AbhCSX7Z (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:59:25 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:37254 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229634AbhCSX7N (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:59:13 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-x329.google.com (mail-wm1-x329.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::329]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 846C1C061760 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:59:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x329.google.com with SMTP id g25so6295545wmh.0 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:59:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=yrJSAuXZ8iQ8XeY6etsdEhfLWBQlIi7r/ChOZaLkmlo=; b=sHyh6a5xIIjLYKzxwZhfhxy3vJ3G/hSrVxelNECtnHzgzaNR5EQkUZgtsRWTsxt0cs BRDI0t1KKsFNVKDA9brNlpQfDltaq+9ORUC2PyEm0bXnQ+kXlivEFDHLJgHTxT0WRTk+ iAlfRC9b4i0H2nBNqMqmezvldriasXD3DGeX07gA2dYoxW3Nj+iS5Kq3SMiBLUSfK0jd Lm4gptQfsgUKuHXB2ga+0gfp8bBAAosmhKjTjXzxZYq4FZfMK/CB2lt2rwl8jjqwdcea O7BhZcUJKpj7Po2dIM+KjZMgbTrPWDX9RDga2itUPtrmOeAQpvQoXLSxYr9SpcNZJmH0 Jzsw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=yrJSAuXZ8iQ8XeY6etsdEhfLWBQlIi7r/ChOZaLkmlo=; b=e//6V7v9agJZg0qwE5lF0zNmOoD1UBTzTcEyQ2BUcO0880VOWfeT7ka42dKOglnG41 zhYY+X9egvXy3Zz4ZYmT+KXl3Oif3pQnGYMB2j8Cym2nmylIOvR6WsKG7JZVVphvaaDB rmLx0iYiIdr9MG09i+P6oiqdZQ/mBrMR2rGvHlHMeXMvbIqdzSeBrFYxoBgEvYt1w7Ss fe8nMIQXAMPTEYw2REASVCu5lSK9/v7LH7ShBq3xi1nfP8tFDFH5Ud0QwgJ7OXZVGTvV VdGJ+ba+CMY1BAIDdwrYtwH1BmH3yldZODd5q6bMF60wXwQ1X15XO49shJvmj+iRyV+k bovQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530iQZA9cRxSit5MTPvHK0QjdsQSitURvp89/nuA7ozGx8ahJI7i 2oNFN0SeLqGwZBnxE9KgpRk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyT+bz0ijmARqeuyUFdmGWx+IaMEwbFjw/T3mTEymolmkO/qJTU8clEEVY0rz/pOAeGJfROdQ== X-Received: by 2002:a7b:ca50:: with SMTP id m16mr5558983wml.113.1616198351372; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:59:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([170.253.36.171]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id q207sm9327832wme.36.2021.03.19.16.59.10 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:59:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro Colomar To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com Cc: Utkarsh Singh , linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Alejandro Colomar Subject: [PATCH] printf.3: Add overall structure of format string Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:57:18 +0100 Message-Id: <20210319235717.28264-4-alx.manpages@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org From: Utkarsh Singh Can we add a small syntax structure for format string in printf(3) manual. I personally find if easier to remember and scan. This has been taken from OpenBSD printf(3) manual. Signed-off-by: Utkarsh Singh [ alx: ffix ] Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar --- man3/printf.3 | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3 index fa6564426..7c993074c 100644 --- a/man3/printf.3 +++ b/man3/printf.3 @@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ an optional and an optional .IR "length modifier" . .PP +Overall syntax of format string is: +.PP +.in +4n +.nf +%[$][flags][width][.precision][length modifier]conversion +.fi +.in +.PP The arguments must correspond properly (after type promotion) with the conversion specifier. By default, the arguments are used in the order -- 2.30.1