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Old 04-19-2005
Question Using printf to center
I created a c-shell script to make a mysql report (I'm new to both scripting and mysql) and I want it to look good so I want to center my header. I am guessing printf is the way to go but I cant figure how. I'd appreciate if somehow would let me know if there is a way to do this. Thanks
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Old 04-19-2005
see man printf. printf has alot of conversions that work with it. You can pad the left hand side with spaces, use a series of \t to tab, etc. See the man page and you will have both an explanation and examples.
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Old 04-19-2005
This how you would do it in bash or ksh...
Code:
title="Your title goes here"
printf "%*s\n" $(((${#title}+$COLUMNS)/2)) "$title"

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