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Forum: UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 07-10-2012

Want to add trailing spaces to the variable

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printf is padding two arguments (neither of which...

printf is padding two arguments (neither of which contains any spaces) because the shell is splitting the unquoted expansion of $myvar. Double quote your variable.

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Alister

Forum: UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 07-09-2012

Want to add trailing spaces to the variable

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myvar="123" myvar=$(printf "%-10s" $myvar) ...

myvar="123"
myvar=$(printf "%-10s" $myvar)
echo ":$myvar:"

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