putchar(3p)

putchar3p

Put a byte on a stdout stream

Usage

#include <stdio.h>

int putchar(int c);

Prolog

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

Overview

The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

The function call putchar(c) shall be equivalent to putc(c,stdout).

Return value

Refer to fputc().

Errors

Refer to fputc().

The following sections are informative.

Examples

None.

Application usage

None.

Rationale

None.

Future directions

None.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.