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Old 06-30-2004
Network AWK print a character many times
How can I print a '-' on the same line within awk, say 50 times, without actually typing '-' 50 times?

Cheers
# 2  
Old 06-30-2004
I'd use perl,

Code:
perl -e 'print("-" x 50, "\n" );'

Cheers
ZB
# 3  
Old 06-30-2004
Within awk, using a "for" loop...
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{for(c=0;c<50;c++) printf "-"; printf "\n"}'

...or the less common "do while" loop...
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{c=0; do{printf "-"; c++}while(c<50); printf "\n"}'

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Old 06-30-2004
Cheers guys

Thanks for yoru help
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