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Formating in Echo?

Hi,
In my code:

Code:

echo   "  Field1 "   " Filed2 "   "  Filed3 " >> $myfile
echo   "--------"  "------- "  "--------">> $myfile
echo   $value1     $value2     $value3  >> $myfile
echo   $value1     $value2     $value3  >> $myfile
echo   $value1     $value2     $value3  >> $myfile

My file output is like this

Code:

Field1    Filed2   Filed3 
------   ------  ------
v1111    v2111111  v3111 
v2222    v2222222222222    v3222222222
v3333    v3333323232322323232    v33333333

I am getting some thing like this.
I need to format my output. what change I have to do?

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Try printf...

Code:

fmt='%5s %20s %9s\n'
printf "$fmt" " Field1 " " Filed2 " " Filed3 "
printf "$fmt" "--------" "------- " "--------"

man printf for details.

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printf not woring for formating...

Hi,

Same problem in printf tooooo

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You seem to have formatted your fields to hold 6 characters. But you show data 22 characters long. It is not obvious what result you would like to see.

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Changing the formatting slightly so that things "fit"....

Try

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
value1=1203
value2=asjd238432u23rj
value3=foo
fmt='%-6s %-20s %-9s \n'
{
  printf "$fmt" "Field1" "Field2" "Field3"
  printf "$fmt" "------" "------" "------"
  printf "$fmt" "$value1" "$value2" "$value3"
} > myfile

Does this produce acceptable output?

Cheers
ZB

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