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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Pad Zeros at the end Post 302581661 by Chubler_XL on Tuesday 13th of December 2011 07:47:22 PM

12-13-2011

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If your using bash you could setup some functions:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
function fill
{
  # fill string to width of count from chars 
  #
  # usage:
  # fill [-v var] count char
  #
  # if count is zero a blank string is output
 
  FILL="${2:- }"
  for ((c=0; c<=$1; c+=${#FILL}))
  do
    echo -n "${FILL:0:$1-$c}"
  done
}
 
function pad
{
  # Pad to right of string to required width, using chars.
  # Chars is repeated, as required, until width is reached.
  #
  # usage:
  # pad [-v var] width string <chars>
  #
  # if chars not specified spaces are used
 
  BACK=$(fill $1 "$3")
  let PAD=$1-${#2}
  if [ $PAD -lt 1 ] 
  then
    echo -n ${2:0:$1-1}
  else
    echo -n "$2${BACK:${#2}}"
  fi
}
 
echo $(pad 10 12121 0) $(pad 10 12121 9)
echo $(pad 10 12121 "-.")
echo $(pad 10 12 "-.")

Output:

Code:

1212100000 1212199999
12121.-.-.
12-.-.-.-.

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