01-08-2008
Quick help on space padding
Hi all,
I need to create a header record of width 121 charecter with below fields,
position 001-001 - 0
position 002-15 - filled with space
position 016-020 - date value
position 021-121 - filled with space
Iam using the below code:
echo 0"14 spaces"$date"100 spaces" >> output.txt
But I dont think this is correct approach. Could any one please correct me if Iam wrong?
With Regards / Lokesha R
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dio_seek - Seeks to pos on fd from whence
SYNOPSIS
int dio_seek (resource $fd, int $pos, [int $whence = SEEK_SET])
DESCRIPTION
The function dio_seek(3) is used to change the file position of the given file descriptor.
PARAMETERS
o $fd
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o $pos
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RETURN VALUES
EXAMPLES
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Positioning in a file
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