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Oracle® ZFS Storage Appliance Administration Guide, Release OS8.6.x

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Updated: September 2016
 
 

Using the Functions for Generating Output

Reporting state on the system requires generating output. Scripts have several built-in functions made available to them to generate output:

Table 10  Built-in Functions for Generating Output
Function
Description
dump
Dumps the specified argument to the terminal, without expanding embedded newlines. Objects will be displayed in a JSON-like format. Useful for debugging.
print
Prints the specified object as a string, followed by a newline. If the object does not have a toString method, it will be printed opaquely.
printf
Like C's printf(3C), prints the specified arguments according to the specified formatting string.