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Top Forums Programming [Perl] Different printf formating for different print options Post 302776635 by durden_tyler on Wednesday 6th of March 2013 03:11:44 PM
Old 03-06-2013
Code:
$
$
$ cat -n example_2.pl
     1  #!/usr/bin/perl -w
     2  use strict;
     3  my $option = $ARGV[0];
     4  my %x = (
     5            0,
     6              [
     7                [ qw (%s %s %s %s %s) ],                      # format array ref
     8                [ qw (Value1 Value2 Value3 Value4 Value5) ],  # header array ref
     9                [ qw (one two three four five) ]              # data array ref
    10              ],
    11            1,
    12              [
    13                [ qw (%s %s %s) ],
    14                [ qw (Value1 Value2 Value3) ],
    15                [ qw (one two three) ]
    16              ],
    17            2,
    18              [
    19                [ qw (%s %s %s) ],
    20                [ qw (Value1 Value4 Value5) ],
    21                [ qw (one four five) ]
    22              ]
    23          );
    24  $option = 0 if (! defined $option) or (! defined $x{$option});
    25
    26  my $fmt  = join(",", @{$x{$option}->[0]})."\n";
    27  my @hdr  = @{$x{$option}->[1]};
    28  my @data = @{$x{$option}->[2]};
    29
    30  printf ($fmt, @hdr);
    31  printf ($fmt, @data);
$
$ perl example_2.pl 1
Value1,Value2,Value3
one,two,three
$
$ perl example_2.pl 2
Value1,Value4,Value5
one,four,five
$
$ perl example_2.pl 3
Value1,Value2,Value3,Value4,Value5
one,two,three,four,five
$
$ perl example_2.pl 4
Value1,Value2,Value3,Value4,Value5
one,two,three,four,five
$
$ perl example_2.pl 0
Value1,Value2,Value3,Value4,Value5
one,two,three,four,five
$
$ perl example_2.pl
Value1,Value2,Value3,Value4,Value5
one,two,three,four,five
$
$

 

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lpstat(1)						      General Commands Manual							 lpstat(1)

Name
       lpstat - printer status information

Syntax
       lpstat [ options ]

Description
       The utility prints the status of the system printers.

       Without any options, prints the status of print requests made to the default printer.

       This command exists for X/OPEN compatibility.

Options
       Some of the options can be followed by a list of arguments.  The arguments must be specified as follows:
       lpstat -uuser1,user2,user3
       List  items  can be separated by spaces, but the list must be enclosed in quotes.  If you do not include any arguments, all the information
       relevant to the option is printed.

       The valid options for are:

       -a (R)[ printer1, printer2, ...	(R)]

	  Print whether or not printers are accepting print requests.

       -d Print the name of the default system printer.

       -o (R)[ printer1, printer2, ...	(R)]

	  Print the status of print requests.

       -p (R)[ printer1, printer2, ...	(R)]

	  Print the status of printers.

       -r Print the status of the line printer daemon,

       -s Print a status summary, including the status of the line printer daemon and the default system printer.

       -t Print all status information.

       -u (R)[ user1, user2, ...  (R)]

	  Print the status of users' print requests.

See Also
       lp(1), lpq(1), lpr(1), lpc(8)

																	 lpstat(1)
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