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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting awk to indent file outout Post 302685145 by SkySmart on Friday 10th of August 2012 09:39:29 PM
Old 08-10-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Cragun
In your input the second field is sometimes "===" and sometimes "====", but you show "====" on all of your output lines. Assuming you want to maintain what is in the input fields and just align the output, the following might work:
Code:
awk '   {
        f1[NR]=$1
        f2[NR]=$2
        f3[NR]=$3
        if (length($1) > max1) max1=length($1)
        if (length($2) > max2) max2=length($2)
}
END     {
        fmt=sprintf("%%-%ds %%-%ds %%s\n",max1,max2)
        for (i=1; i<=NR; i++) printf(fmt,f1[i],f2[i],f3[i])
}' file...

but I would be nervous about doing this for "large" input files.
sorry about that. i meant to have all of them to be "===="

but why would u be nervous about doing this for large input files? is there a better solution?
 

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NAME
Net::GPSD3::Return::Satellite - Net::GPSD3 Return Satellite Object SYNOPSIS
use Net::GPSD3 0.13; my $gpsd = Net::GPSD3->new; my $poll = $gpsd->poll; #new method in 0.12 my $sky = $poll->sky; #new method in 0.13 printf "Reported: %s, Used: %s ", $sky->reported, $sky->used; printf "PRN: %s ", join(", ", map {$_->used ? $_->prn : "-".$_->prn} $sky->Satellites); DESCRIPTION
Provides a Perl object interface to the Satellite data structure returned by the GPSD daemon. An example JSON string: {"PRN":15,"el":77,"az":123,"ss":0, "used":false}, METHODS
class Returns the object class string Returns the JSON string parent Return the parent Net::GPSD object PRN, prn Returns the GPS Satellites Pseudo Random Number Identifier used Returns a JSON::XS::Boolean true or false object. az, azimuth Returns the azimuth, degrees from true north. el, elevation Returns the Elevation in degrees. ss Signal strength in dBHz. Note: C/N0 is dBHz usually, but trimbles can also emit poorly specified Amplitude Measurement Units. BUGS
Log on RT and Send to gpsd-dev email list SUPPORT
DavisNetworks.com supports all Perl applications including this package. Try gpsd-dev email list AUTHOR
Michael R. Davis CPAN ID: MRDVT STOP, LLC domain=>michaelrdavis,tld=>com,account=>perl http://www.stopllc.com/ COPYRIGHT
This program is free software licensed under the... The BSD License The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module. SEE ALSO
Net::GPSD3, Net::GPSD3::Return::Unknown perl v5.14.2 2011-11-09 Net::GPSD3::Return::Satellite(3pm)
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