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.TH PUTS 3  "May 15, 1985"
.AT 3
.SH NAME
puts, fputs \- put a string on a stream
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
#include <stdio.h>

int puts(char *\fIs\fP)
int fputs(char *\fIs\fP, FILE *\fIstream\fP)
.ft P
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Puts
copies the null-terminated string
.I s
to the standard output stream
.B stdout
and appends a
newline character.
.PP
.B 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"
.BR fopen (3),
.BR gets (3),
.BR putc (3),
.BR printf (3),
.BR ferror (3),
.BR fread (3).
.SH BUGS
.B Puts
appends a newline,
.B fputs
does not, all in the name of backward compatibility.