As every sort file in UNIX has specified fixed length for every line.
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In above abc is a file ..and as output shown...although length of both lines are different,they are shown as they have same length..Like in Microsoft Word JUSTIFIED format...
My question is...Can we set variable length of a line to sort files??
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Is there a command that sets a variable length?
I have a input of a variable length field but my output for that field needs to be set to 32 char.
Is there such a command?
I am on a sun box running ksh
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LEARN ABOUT PLAN9
namespace
NAMESPACE(6) Games Manual NAMESPACE(6)NAME
namespace - name space description file
DESCRIPTION
Namespace files describe how to construct a name space from scratch, an operation normally performed by the newns subroutine (see auth(2))
which is typically called by init(8). Each line specifies one name space operation. Spaces and tabs separate arguments to operations; no
quotes or escapes are recognized. Blank lines and lines with # as the first non-space character are ignored. Environment variables of the
form $name are expanded within arguments, where name is a UTF string terminated by white space, a /, or a $.
The known operations and their arguments are:
mount [-abc] servename old [spec]
Mount servename on old.
bind [-abc] new old
Bind new on old.
import [-abc] host "[remotepath]mountpoint
Import remotepath from machine server and attach it to mountpoint.
cd dir Change the working directory to dir.
The options for bind, mount, and import are interpreted as in bind(1) and import(4).
SEE ALSO bind(1), namespace(4), init(8)NAMESPACE(6)