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Old 10-11-2006
Problem in shell

hi,
can any one tell a solution for the following :

I want to append 10 spaces and a string say "ok" to 12 digit number which is stored in a varialbe & display using shell script.
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Old 10-11-2006
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Originally Posted by Sandeep Kale
hi,
can any one tell a solution for the following :

I want to append 10 spaces and a string say "ok" to 12 digit number which is stored in a varialbe & display using shell script.
Code:
#! /bin/ksh

typeset -R12 var
var=ok
echo "$digit$var"

$digit contains your 12 digit number.
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