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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting fixed length fields in awk Post 302096075 by kamitsin on Monday 13th of November 2006 08:12:16 PM
Old 11-13-2006
Say your input is

sAGFTaEH fsdjngjgtdjkmh fsdgjrutfdhj fsdghyfjj
FDSHF fsfrgtr grsdht htdh
sAGFTaEH fsdjngjgtdjkmh fsdgjrutfdhj fsdghyfjj
FDSHF fsfrgtr grsdht htdh
sAGFTaEH fsdjngjgtdjkmh fsdgjrutfdhj fsdghyfjj
FDSHF fsfrgtr grsdht htdh

use:

Code:
$awk '{printf "%-20s %-20s %-20s %-20s\n",$1,$2,$3,$4}' $INPUT_FILE

and check for yourself !!!!!
kamitsin
 

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OCF_HEARTBEAT_IPSRCA(7) 					OCF resource agents					   OCF_HEARTBEAT_IPSRCA(7)

NAME
ocf_heartbeat_IPsrcaddr - Manages the preferred source address for outgoing IP packets SYNOPSIS
IPsrcaddr [start | stop | monitor | validate-all | meta-data] DESCRIPTION
Resource script for IPsrcaddr. It manages the preferred source address modification. SUPPORTED PARAMETERS
ipaddress The IP address. (required, string, no default) SUPPORTED ACTIONS
This resource agent supports the following actions (operations): start Starts the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 20s. stop Stops the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 20s. monitor Performs a detailed status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 20s. Suggested interval: 10. validate-all Performs a validation of the resource configuration. Suggested minimum timeout: 5. meta-data Retrieves resource agent metadata (internal use only). Suggested minimum timeout: 5. EXAMPLE
The following is an example configuration for a IPsrcaddr resource using the crm(8) shell: primitive example_IPsrcaddr ocf:heartbeat:IPsrcaddr params ipaddress=string op monitor depth="0" timeout="20s" interval="10" SEE ALSO
http://www.linux-ha.org/wiki/IPsrcaddr_(resource_agent) AUTHOR
Linux-HA contributors (see the resource agent source for information about individual authors) resource-agents 1.0.3 07/05/2010 OCF_HEARTBEAT_IPSRCA(7)
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