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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getusershell
getusershell(3C) Standard C Library Functions getusershell(3C)NAME
getusershell, setusershell, endusershell - get legal user shells
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
char *getusershell(void);
void setusershell(void);
void endusershell(void);
DESCRIPTION
The getusershell() function returns a pointer to a legal user shell as defined by the system manager in the file /etc/shells. If
/etc/shells does not exist, the following locations of the standard system shells are used in its place:
/bin/bash /bin/csh
/bin/jsh /bin/ksh
/bin/ksh93 /bin/pfcsh
/bin/pfksh /bin/pfsh
/bin/sh /bin/tcsh
/bin/zsh /sbin/jsh
/sbin/pfsh /sbin/sh
/usr/bin/bash /usr/bin/csh
/usr/bin/jsh /usr/bin/ksh
/usr/bin/ksh93 /usr/bin/pfcsh
/usr/bin/pfksh /usr/bin/pfsh
/usr/bin/sh /usr/bin/tcsh
/usr/bin/zsh /usr/sfw/bin/zsh
/usr/xpg4/bin/sh
The getusershell() function opens the file /etc/shells, if it exists, and returns the next entry in the list of shells.
The setusershell() function rewinds the file or the list.
The endusershell() function closes the file, frees any memory used by getusershell() and setusershell(), and rewinds the file /etc/shells.
RETURN VALUES
The getusershell() function returns a null pointer on EOF.
BUGS
All information is contained in memory that may be freed with a call to endusershell(), so it must be copied if it is to be saved.
NOTES
Restricted shells should not be listed in /etc/shells.
SunOS 5.11 1 Nov 2007 getusershell(3C)