1. Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Administration Guide, Release OS8.8.x
  2. About Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance
  3. Working with CLI Scripting
  4. Using the Functions for Generating Output

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 1-10 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.