Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

I am getting the output from a PERL program but the output is all on different lines.

My code is

Code:

printf hOUT "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s",$M1_CTR, $M2_CTR, $M3_CTR, $M4_CTR, $M5_CTR, $M6_CTR;

Example:

My report (which I send via email) should look like this

Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5 Area 6
30 299 7 66 53 12


But instead Iam getting
Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5 Area 6

30
299
7
66
53
12

How do I format the output so they all appear on one line?

Any suggestions to fix this?

Also, Iam new to perl and I need to complete this by Thursday(7/8)

Thanks
nurani

Code:

chomp ($M1_CTR,$M2_CTR,$M3_CTR,$M4_CTR,$M5_CTR,$M6_CTR);
printf hOUT "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s",$M1_CTR, $M2_CTR, $M3_CTR, $M4_CTR, $M5_CTR, $M6_CTR;

Hi,

I implemented the chomp command and it worked. But as a follow up to that, If I want to space out the numbers nicely underneath the headings, what do I do for that.

Rightnow the numbers come like this

33 55 100 271 90 1

Basically, right align and left align of the numbers.

Note :- I did try chomp and chop earlier but I did it on each of the output
values (which did not make any difference) - Rather than doing it
on the list

Thanks
nurani

Hi.

See post # 5 in https://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...t-problem.html for a link to an alignment tool (in perl) ... cheers, drl

Hi,

I can't use align. I did try to use it and I got bunch of errors. Due to lack of time, I would like go with printf.

Is there a way I can pad spaces using printf command.

My existing printf command looks like this. Could you please edit this code so I can just use it as is.

Code:

printf hOUT "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s",$M1_CTR, $M2_CTR, $M3_CTR, $M4_CTR, $M5_CTR, $M6_CTR;

All I want is to pad spaces to each of the counters so they align with their column headings. Rightnow, they are not aligned.

I need this resolved (working) by today (Thursday)

Thanks
nurani