How to print a particular character n number of times in a line??

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Originally Posted by balajesuri

Code:

echo "files successfully moved" | sed 's/./-/g'

Or, to do both the echoing and the underlining with one simple pipeline:

Code:

echo files successfully moved | sed 'p; s/./-/g'

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Code:

awk '1; {gsub(".","-")}1'

awk 'print line; {substitute all characters with dash} print line'

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