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# 1  
Old 03-29-2007
Question How to adjust spacing

Is there a way to adjust spacing of a line using k shell?

e.g I have a file below

Code:
$ cat file1
AAA BBB CCC
A B C
AAAA BB CC

I want each word to be adjusted with spaces to have 10 character length like below:

Code:
AAA       BBB       CCC
A         B         C
AAAA      BB        CC

Any help will be appreciated.

Steve
# 2  
Old 03-29-2007
Code:
awk ' { for(i=1;i<=NF;++i) printf("%-10s",$i); printf("\n"); } ' file

# 3  
Old 03-29-2007
anbu's awk solution is better, as it will work for any number of fields, but if you want to use shell builtins only...
Code:
$ while read line; do
>   set -- ${line}
>   printf "%-10s%-10s%-10s\n" $1 $2 $3
> done < spacetest.txt
AAA       BBB       CCC       
A         B         C         
AAAA      BB        CC

Cheers
ZB
# 4  
Old 03-29-2007
Awesome!
Thanks guys!

Steve
# 5  
Old 03-29-2007
Code:
while read;do printf "%-10s" $REPLY; printf "\n"; done<inputfile

or (for fixed numer of fields):

Code:
printf "%-10s%-10s%-10s\n" $(<inputfile)


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