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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: puts.n,v 1.13 2007/12/13 15:22:33 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: puts.n,v 1.14 2008/10/17 10:22:25 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH puts n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ puts \- Write to a channel .SH SYNOPSIS \fBputs \fR?\fB\-nonewline\fR? ?\fIchannelId\fR? \fIstring\fR .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP Writes the characters given by \fIstring\fR to the channel given @@ -66,33 +65,36 @@ be used in an event-driven fashion with the \fBfileevent\fR command (do not invoke \fBputs\fR unless you have recently been notified via a file event that the channel is ready for more output data). .SH EXAMPLES +.PP Write a short message to the console (or wherever \fBstdout\fR is directed): +.PP .CS \fBputs\fR "Hello, World!" .CE .PP Print a message in several parts: +.PP .CS \fBputs\fR -nonewline "Hello, " \fBputs\fR "World!" .CE .PP Print a message to the standard error channel: +.PP .CS \fBputs\fR stderr "Hello, World!" .CE .PP Append a log message to a file: +.PP .CS set chan [open my.log a] set timestamp [clock format [clock seconds]] \fBputs\fR $chan "$timestamp - Hello, World!" close $chan .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" file(n), fileevent(n), Tcl_StandardChannels(3) - .SH KEYWORDS channel, newline, output, write |