Shell Programming and Scripting

hello

i have written a multitask script which performs verifications on the server (RHEL 5 tikanga); based on list of rules.

since the results are huge both in length and number and I am sending them all to my log file.

Is there any method to organize the STATUS of my results in a defined manner a example of what i want is shown below:

What i have right now

Code:

the verification of abc is OK

]

Code:

the blah blah verification is KO

]

Code:

the verification of abc file presence in xyz dircetory is KO

]

What i would like to have

Code:

the verification of abc is                                OK
the blah blah verification is                             KO
the verification of abc file presence in xyz  dircetory is KO

.


colors shown not important tehy just for highlighting

you may assume i know the length of the longest line

at prensent i am using the command in the follolwing manner

Code:

echo -e "blah blah abc ghj /t/t/t....OK"
echo -e "blah blah abc /t/t....KO"

but its becoming tedious to test every time this "/t " nos.

any method during or post execution is appreciated.

thanks

---------- Post updated at 09:30 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:28 AM ----------

sorry the result i want is wrong above

Code:

the verification of abc is                                              OK
the blah blah verification is                                           KO
the verification of abc file presence in xyz dircetory is       KO

---------- Post updated at 09:31 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:30 AM ----------

ok i got it wrong this time too (post does not accept empty space)

the verification of abc is ............................................. OK
the blah blah verification is ...........................................KO
the verification of abc file presence in xyz dircetory is .......KO

Moderator's Comments:

Spaces are preserved in [code][/code] tags

use printf

Code:

printf '%-57s %2s\n' "the verification of abc is" "OK"
printf '%-57s %2s\n' "the blah blah verification is" "KO"
printf '%-57s %2s\n' "the verification of abc file presence in xyz dircetory is" "KO"