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.TH PUTS 3S  "19 January 1983"
.SH NAME
puts, fputs \- put a string on a stream
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <stdio.h>
.PP
.B puts(s)
.br
.B char *s;
.PP
.B fputs(s, stream)
.br
.B char *s;
.br
.SM
.B FILE
.B *stream;
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Puts
copies the null-terminated string
.I s
to the standard output stream
.B stdout
and appends a
newline character.
.PP
.I Fputs
copies the null-terminated string
.I s
to the named output
.IR stream .
.PP
Neither routine copies the terminal null character.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
fopen(3S),
gets(3S),
putc(3S),
printf(3S),
ferror(3S)
.br
fread(3S) for
.I fwrite
.SH BUGS
.I Puts
appends a newline,
.I fputs
does not, all in the name of backward compatibility.
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c59b38ab C	1	.TH PUTS 3S "19 January 1983"
	2	.SH NAME
	3	puts, fputs \- put a string on a stream
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B #include <stdio.h>
	6	.PP
	7	.B puts(s)
	8	.br
	9	.B char *s;
	10	.PP
	11	.B fputs(s, stream)
	12	.br
	13	.B char *s;
	14	.br
	15	.SM
	16	.B FILE
	17	.B *stream;
	18	.SH DESCRIPTION
	19	.I Puts
	20	copies the null-terminated string
	21	.I s
	22	to the standard output stream
	23	.B stdout
	24	and appends a
	25	newline character.
	26	.PP
	27	.I Fputs
	28	copies the null-terminated string
	29	.I s
	30	to the named output
	31	.IR stream .
	32	.PP
	33	Neither routine copies the terminal null character.
	34	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	35	fopen(3S),
	36	gets(3S),
	37	putc(3S),
	38	printf(3S),
	39	ferror(3S)
	40	.br
	41	fread(3S) for
	42	.I fwrite
	43	.SH BUGS
	44	.I Puts
	45	appends a newline,
	46	.I fputs
	47	does not, all in the name of backward compatibility.