The UNIX and Linux Forums  

Go Back   The UNIX and Linux Forums > Top Forums > Shell Programming and Scripting
.
google unix.com



Shell Programming and Scripting Post questions about KSH, CSH, SH, BASH, PERL, PHP, SED, AWK and OTHER shell scripts and shell scripting languages here.

More UNIX and Linux Forum Topics You Might Find Helpful
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
AWK Formatting Problem cstovall Shell Programming and Scripting 2 11-30-2007 10:53 PM
rare problem -reinstalling formatting nothing is working simaich8 Linux 0 11-04-2007 02:07 AM
Formatting Problem PradeepRed Shell Programming and Scripting 6 03-16-2007 12:06 PM
Problem in Formatting File Dhruva Shell Programming and Scripting 1 04-11-2006 10:50 AM
Problem re-formatting Disk Partition jimthompson UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 1 01-11-2006 07:06 AM

 
English Japanese Spanish French German Portuguese Italian Dutch Swedish Russian Norwegian Hungarian Hebrew Danish Bulgarian Greek Powered by Powered by Google
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 07-03-2007
skyineyes skyineyes is offline
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 150
Formatting problem

Hi

i have three variables VAR1,VAR2 and VAR3
each of these is a VARIABLE LENGTH CHARACTER.

i want the output in following manner

VAR1 VAR2 VAR3
value 1 value2 value3
value 1 value2 value3
value 1 value2 value3
value 1 value2 value3


my code will be printing these in a loop

LOOP

echo" $VAR1 $VAR2 $VAR3"

END-LOOP


The problem is that formatting problem creeps in depending on the length of the value of VAR1, VAR2 and VAR3.

Tell me how to resolve this. I want that three values should be exactly equal spaced and right below one another.


Please post the code.








i need a
 

Bookmarks

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On




All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:34 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2006, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Language Translations Powered by .
vBCredits v1.4 Copyright ©2007 - 2008, PixelFX Studios
The UNIX and Linux Forums Content Copyright ©1993-2009. All Rights Reserved.Ad Management by RedTyger

Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0