formatting

In the Linux Bash shell, both printf and echo are used frequently for displaying text. How they perform, particularly with large outputs, can impact script efficiency and execution time. In this blog post, we delve into comparing the performance of printf versus echo and provide you with insights on when to use each. A1: echo is simpler and primarily used to output strings followed by a newline to standard output. In contrast, printf offers more formatting options akin to the C programming language's printf function. It allows more control over the output format, but does not automatically append a newline unless explicitly added using \n.