Difference between revisions of "Printf formatting"
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| − | + | if you want information overload...go here [http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/commands/builtin/printf http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/commands/builtin/printf] | |
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| + | '''simple column width formatting + justification''' | ||
$ printf "%10s%10s\n" "foo" "bar" | $ printf "%10s%10s\n" "foo" "bar" | ||
Revision as of 20:16, 31 October 2013
if you want information overload...go here http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/commands/builtin/printf
simple column width formatting + justification
$ printf "%10s%10s\n" "foo" "bar"
foo bar
$ printf "%-10s%10s\n" "foo" "bar" foo bar
$ printf "%10s%-10s\n" "foo" "bar"
foobar
$ printf "%-10s%-10s\n" "foo" "bar" foo bar
