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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Format columns and heads using shell script Post 302986752 by jim mcnamara on Tuesday 29th of November 2016 11:00:14 PM
Old 11-30-2016
printf is a UNIX/Linux command - lives in /usr/bin/printf, on some systems it is part of shell language
The type command is your friend, example in bash shell:
Code:
$ type printf
printf is a shell builtin

align is perl code that drl suggests. perl runs under bash like awk does. You feed awk a series of awk syntax lines, it executes. perl is the same.


This shows you how to use align:
Aligning a file
It is a short script demo. You have to have the align perl code in your current working directory. It can also be in your PATH variable so the system can find it.

The script example also mentions where to download the perl code from
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RBASH(1)						      General Commands Manual							  RBASH(1)

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rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1) RESTRICTED SHELL
If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow- ing are disallowed or not performed: o changing directories with cd o setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV o specifying command names containing / o specifying a file name containing a / as an argument to the . builtin command o specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command o importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup o parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup o redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators o using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command o adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command o using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins o specifying the -p option to the command builtin command o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted. These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read. When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script. SEE ALSO
bash(1) GNU Bash-4.0 2004 Apr 20 RBASH(1)
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