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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting AWK record length fix Post 302244403 by kanu_pathak on Wednesday 8th of October 2008 02:04:52 AM
Old 10-08-2008
AWK record length fix
Hi Friends,

Need some help in AWK.

Working on AIX 5

Have been trying the following functionality to make the record length fixed:

Code:
if( length(record) < 300 )
   {
    printf("%-300s\n", record);
   }

In my opinion it will apply some fillers in the end.

Its is not making any changes to length (say input record length is 200 its coming out to be 200 and not 300)

Could any body please give some other option


Thanks in advance
Kanu
 

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