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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Search for a particular field length and append '0' if less less than 10 Post 302655005 by alister on Tuesday 12th of June 2012 02:42:15 PM
Old 06-12-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lem
Without awk (just for the sake of curiosity), and in pure bash, maybe something like...
Keeping with that spirit, here's one in sh:
Code:
while IFS=\| read -r x y z; do
    while [ ${#y} -lt 10 ]; do
        y=${y}0
    done
    printf '%s|%s|%s\n' "$x" "$y" "$z"
done

Welcome to the forum, Lem.

Regards,
Alister
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NAME
ttk::frame - Simple container widget SYNOPSIS
ttk::frame pathName ?options? _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
A ttk::frame widget is a container, used to group other widgets together. STANDARD OPTIONS
-class -cursor -takefocus -style See the ttk_widget manual entry for details on the standard options. WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS Command-Line Name:-borderwidth Database Name: borderWidth Database Class: BorderWidth The desired width of the widget border. Defaults to 0. Command-Line Name:-relief Database Name: relief Database Class: Relief One of the standard Tk border styles: flat, groove, raised, ridge, solid, or sunken. Defaults to flat. Command-Line Name:-padding Database Name: padding Database Class: Padding Additional padding to include inside the border. Command-Line Name:-width Database Name: width Database Class: Width If specified, the widget's requested width in pixels. Command-Line Name:-height Database Name: height Database Class: Height If specified, the widget's requested height in pixels. WIDGET COMMAND
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