diff --git a/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
index 0a69ae374..aa19dc760 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ path = "src/dd.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 gcd = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["memo"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["format"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux"))'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs
index a9d29ff63..674d90984 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::sync::mpsc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use uucore::error::UResult;
-use uucore::memo::sprintf;
+use uucore::format::sprintf;
 
 use crate::numbers::{to_magnitude_and_suffix, SuffixType};
 
diff --git a/src/uu/printf/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/printf/Cargo.toml
index eefcf33c0..9acd2c78c 100644
--- a/src/uu/printf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/printf/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ path = "src/printf.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["memo"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["format"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "printf"
diff --git a/src/uu/printf/src/printf.rs b/src/uu/printf/src/printf.rs
index bf79369cc..042e0932e 100644
--- a/src/uu/printf/src/printf.rs
+++ b/src/uu/printf/src/printf.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use uucore::error::{UResult, UUsageError};
-use uucore::memo::printf;
+use uucore::format::printf;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage};
 
 const VERSION: &str = "version";
diff --git a/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml
index 2646d3609..41b42ef83 100644
--- a/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ bigdecimal = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 num-bigint = { workspace = true }
 num-traits = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["memo"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["format"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "seq"
diff --git a/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs b/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs
index 2e55efa4a..0dd65fc3f 100644
--- a/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs
+++ b/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs
@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@
 //  * file that was distributed with this source code.
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) istr chiter argptr ilen extendedbigdecimal extendedbigint numberparse
 use std::io::{stdout, ErrorKind, Write};
-use std::process::exit;
 
 use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use num_traits::Zero;
 
-use uucore::error::FromIo;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
-use uucore::memo::printf;
-use uucore::show;
+use uucore::format::printf;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_usage};
 
 mod error;
@@ -251,7 +248,7 @@ fn print_seq(
     pad: bool,
     padding: usize,
     format: Option<&str>,
-) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+) -> UResult<()> {
     let stdout = stdout();
     let mut stdout = stdout.lock();
     let (first, increment, last) = range;
@@ -277,10 +274,7 @@ fn print_seq(
         match format {
             Some(f) => {
                 let s = format!("{value}");
-                if let Err(x) = printf(f, &[s]) {
-                    show!(x);
-                    exit(1);
-                }
+                printf(f, &[s])?;
             }
             None => write_value_float(
                 &mut stdout,
@@ -322,7 +316,7 @@ fn print_seq_integers(
     pad: bool,
     padding: usize,
     format: Option<&str>,
-) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+) -> UResult<()> {
     let stdout = stdout();
     let mut stdout = stdout.lock();
     let (first, increment, last) = range;
@@ -342,10 +336,7 @@ fn print_seq_integers(
         match format {
             Some(f) => {
                 let s = format!("{value}");
-                if let Err(x) = printf(f, &[s]) {
-                    show!(x);
-                    exit(1);
-                }
+                printf(f, &[s])?;
             }
             None => write_value_int(&mut stdout, &value, padding, pad, is_first_iteration)?,
         }