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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Printf behavior on AIX Post 302973805 by SkySmart on Sunday 22nd of May 2016 01:21:34 AM
Old 05-22-2016
Printf behavior on AIX
command:

Code:
$ printf 'u1u1.%*s' 7

so if i run the above command on a linux box, i get the expected output of:

Code:
jserver@jserver-VirtualBox:~$ printf 'u1u1.%*s' 7
u1u1.       jserver@jserver-VirtualBox:~$ 
jserver@jserver-jserver:~$

it puts 7 spaces after the u1u1.

but when i run it on AIX or older systems, i get this:

Code:
$ printf 'u1u1.%*s' 7
printf: bad conversion
u1u1.s$

does anyone know of any command that will work across on UNIX platforms?
 

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wnnds(1M)						  System Administration Commands						 wnnds(1M)

NAME

       wnnds - Wnn6 dictionary lookup server

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/locale/ja/wnn/wnnds [-s file] [-A file] [-N no] [-pno port_no]

DESCRIPTION

       wnnds  provides	multiple Wnn6 Kana-Kanji conversion server (jserver) with dictionary lookup-related processing for Wnn6 Kana-Kanji  cover-
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OPTIONS

       The following options are available.

       -s file	Saves log in file.  If "- " is specified for the file, the log file is directed to the standard error.

       -A file	Reads  file as access control file instead of the default access control file /etc/lib/locale/ja/wnn/wnnhosts.

       -N numberUses the value obtained by adding number to the well-known port number(26208) as TCP port number.

       -pno portUses port_no as TCP port number instead of the well-known port number.

FILES

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	   Wnn6  access control file

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ATTRIBUTES

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SEE ALSO

       jserver(1M), wnnaccess(1M), wnnhosts(4)

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