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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Problem with printf in UNIX KSH shell Post 302537934 by curleb on Monday 11th of July 2011 05:44:16 AM
Old 07-11-2011
Yes. I'd start you off w a hint such as: %035.35s.

However, the most effective approach for you overall is to scrounge up a tutorial that covers printf. Really the same features and behavior throughout pretty much all languages, shells, environments but mostly syntactic nuances to watch out for.
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