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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers how to sort and arrange an output Post 302145074 by Smiling Dragon on Monday 12th of November 2007 05:37:39 PM
Old 11-12-2007
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Originally Posted by llsmr777
Is there a way to make the outputs be side by side columns?
Side by side is harder as you'd have to either make temporary files or store the lists in memory, then display it back out once you are ready.

Shell doesn't lend itself very well to formatting output, you'd have to monkey about with inserting a number of tab characters based on how long the various names in the file are.

Perl would probably be the language of choice for this as it's got a very nice function for generating reports etc called 'format'. You can design a form, then populate the data and dump it out via the 'write' command. It'd be a bit more complex than the previous shell script though as it would also need to store things in memory or in files rather than streaming everything.
 

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xcompmgr(1)						      General Commands Manual						       xcompmgr(1)

NAME

       xcompmgr - sample X compositing manager

SYNOPSIS

       xcompmgr [-d display] [-r radius] [-o opacity] [-l left-offset] [-t top-offset] [-acCfFnsS]

DESCRIPTION

       xcompmgr is a sample compositing manager for X servers supporting the XFIXES, DAMAGE, and COMPOSITE extensions.	It enables basic eye-candy
       effects.

OPTIONS

       -d display
	      Specifies the display to manage.

       -r radius
	      Specifies the blur radius for client-side shadows.

       -o opacity
	      Specifies the opacity for client-side shadows.

       -l left-offset
	      Specifies the left offset for client-side shadows.

       -t top-offset
	      Specifies the top offset for client-side shadows.

       -I fade-in-step
	      Specifies the opacity change between steps while fading in.

       -O fade-out-step
	      Specifies the opacity change between steps while fading out.

       -D fade-delta
	      Specifies the time (in milliseconds) between steps in a fade.

       -a     Automatic server-side compositing.  This instructs the server to use the standard composition rules.  Useful for debugging.

       -c     Client-side compositing with soft shadows and translucency support.

       -f     When -c is specified, enables a smooth fade effect for transient windows like menus, and for all windows on hide and restore events.

       -n     Simple client-side compositing.

       -s     Server-side compositing with hard-edged shadows.

       -C     When -c is specified, attempts to avoid painting shadows on panels and docks.

       -F     When -f is specified, also enables the fade effect when windows change their opacity, as with transset(1).

       -S     Enables synchronous operation.  Useful for debugging.

BUGS

       Probably.  Please report any you find to http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.

AUTHORS

       Keith Packard, with contributions from Matthew Allum, Eric Anholt, Dan Doel, Thomas Luebking, Matthew Hawn, Ely Levy,  Phil  Blundell,  and
       Carl Worth.

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