If this isn't working, you must be using an 1988 version of ksh. If you are on a Solaris/SunOS system, you could try /usr/xpg4/bin/sh or /usr/xpg6/bin/sh to get a 1993 version of ksh. You could also look for a ksh93 utility to use instead of plain ksh. Even if the ksh built-in printf doesn't recognize format specifiers like %0*d, there might be a /bin/printf or /usr/bin/printf that does understand what to do with it.
hi i am using printf in a script and it is not printing negative values..i have to use printf to get rid of the newline..here is my code:
fin=`echo $a - $b | bc`
printf "${fin}," >> test
these statements are in a loop. here is what i get when i try to subtract 4 from 8:
./scr1: line... (2 Replies)
i have written small script as follows:
name="hi hello"
printf "%-20s" $name
This gives me strange output. -20s format is applied on both word of string. i.e it displays both word hi and hello in space of 20 length.
I want to display entire string "hi hello" in length of 20 space.
plz... (2 Replies)
Hi ALL,
I am using SunOS 5.9 and KSH(bin/ksh)
The problem am facing is
error message diaplyed on screen
printf: 12099415.79 not completely converted
printf: + expected numeric value
printf: 11898578.29 not completely converted
When i try printing with
The output is... (6 Replies)
Hi all I am using printf in my shell script to format my output.I am using the following code.
printf "|\tIP Address\t|\tModel Number\t|\tDOM/HW\t|\tSoftware Version\t|\n"
printf "|\t%s\t|\t%s\t\t|\t%s\t|\t%s-%s\t\n" $encoder $modelno $type $sv1 $sv2
printf "|\tFPGA... (2 Replies)
Hi guys,
could someone throw some light on the following behaviour of printf (I'll start with info about the system and the tool/shell/interpreter versions)?:
$ uname -a
Linux linux-86if.site 3.1.0-1.2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 3 14:45:45 UTC 2011 (187dde0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64... (9 Replies)
A big hello to everyone tagged to this site of knowledge . This is the first post of mine and I am looking forward to an enjoyable stint in this forum where I get to know a lot of new ideas and share whatever knowledge (its not much though :) ) I have acquired throughout my career so far with... (4 Replies)
So I created two shell variables: COLUMN1_HEADING, COLUMN2_HEADING.
They have values:
COLUMN1_HEADING="John"
COLUMN2_HEADING="123456789"
How would I use printf to get it to print an output like this: $COLUMN1_HEADING\t$COLUMN2_HEADING\nJohn\t123456789\n
Thanks! (3 Replies)
I am running plsql using printf on a shell, but i am getting some strange error, can someone point what exactly am i missing,
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
$ printf "
> SET serveroutput ON trimspool on feed off echo off
> declare
> p_val number;
> d_val varchar2(10);
> begin
> SELECT... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
nice
nice(1) User Commands nice(1)NAME
nice - invoke a command with an altered scheduling priority
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/nice [-increment | -n increment] command
[argument]...
/usr/xpg4/bin/nice [-increment | -n increment] command
[argument]...
csh Builtin
nice [-increment | +increment] [command]
DESCRIPTION
The nice utility invokes command, requesting that it be run with a different system scheduling priority. The priocntl(1) command is a more
general interface to scheduler functions.
The invoking process (generally the user's shell) must be in a scheduling class that supports nice.
If the C shell (see csh(1)) is used, the full path of the command must be specified. Otherwise, the csh built-in version of nice will be
invoked. See csh Builtin below.
/usr/bin/nice
If nice executes commands with arguments, it uses the default shell /usr/bin/sh (see sh(1)).
/usr/xpg4/bin/nice
If nice executes commands with arguments, it uses /usr/xpg4/bin/sh (see ksh(1)).
csh Builtin
nice is also a csh built-in command with behavior different from the utility versions. See csh(1) for description.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-increment | -n increment increment is a positive or negative decimal integer that has the same effect on the execution of the utility
as if the utility had called the nice() function with the numeric value of the increment option-argument. See
nice(2). nice() errors, other than EINVAL, are ignored. If not specified, an increment of 10 is assumed.
The super-user may run commands with priority higher than normal by using a negative increment such as -10. A
negative increment assigned by an unprivileged user is ignored.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
command The name of a command that is to be invoked. If command names any of the special built-in utilities (see shell_builtins(1)),
the results are undefined.
argument Any string to be supplied as an argument when invoking command.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of nice: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES-
SAGES, PATH, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
If command is invoked, the exit status of nice will be the exit status of command. Otherwise, nice will exit with one of the following val-
ues:
1-125 An error occurred.
126 command was found but could not be invoked.
127 command could not be found.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
/usr/bin/nice
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |Enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
/usr/xpg4/bin/nice
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWxcu4 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |Enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), ksh(1), nohup(1), priocntl(1), sh(1), shell_builtins(1), nice(2), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.11 23 Jan 2004 nice(1)