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bash script , echo output in box
I have created this Function , which generate below output on terminal , but this function seems complex, So I posted here for any improvement or for same alternate solution.
#!/bin/bash
function ...
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Why is printf better than echo?
I have heard that printf is better than echo and I can recall only one instance from my experience where I had to use printf because echo didn't work for feeding some text into some program on RHEL ...
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Why does printf ignore the IFS when printing out the result of my script?
This is a follow up to a question posted on SO.
I've written a script called except which should print all filenames / directories except the ones given like so.
$ ls
a b c d
$ rm $(except b d)
$ ls
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Pretty print in VIM?
I have few lines that each of them are colon separated values,
abc:def:3
Now I could do the reformat with printf plus IFS variable,
while read line; do IFS=":" printf "%-20s %-16s %5d\n" ...
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print output to 3 separate columns
MYPATH=/var/www/html/error_logs/
TOTALFILE=$(ls $MYPATH* | wc -l)
FILETIME=$(stat --format=%y $MYPATH* | head -5 | cut -d'.' -f1)
FILE=$(ls -1tcr $MYPATH* | head -5 | rev | cut -d/ -f1 | rev)
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Where to find printf formatting reference?
Where is the offline reference of the format specifiers (e.g., %i, %s) which are supported by the Bash/system printf command? I've looked in help printf, man 1 printf and man 3 printf without luck.
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