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Old 01-12-2006
Set length for System Variable
Is there a way to set a system variables length? We are running on HP/UX using ksh.

I have a variable length system variable but I always want the length to be 15. Currently we append using sed 15 characters to the end of the variable and then cut -c 1-15. Looking for a better way.
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Old 01-12-2006
Code:
$ typeset -L15 a
$ a="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
$ echo $a
abcdefghijklmno
$

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Old 01-12-2006
Try using the typeset options that are available with ksh. Run man ksh and search for typeset. typeset -L left justifies and -R right justifies.
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