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Old 07-21-2008
KSH printf: columns and colors
Ih all,

I need to make a ksh script with colors, it is possible with printf to combine column and colors ? i seem not working, I think i dont doing the good thing:

Code:
 printf -n "%-15s %-20s %-20s\n" "\033[01;34m This \033[00m" "\033[01;25mthat \033[00m" "there"

the position is ok

Name______Age________Site
----________---_________----
Bob Actor___30_________Orange County
Toto_______20_________France


Code:
printf "\033[34mColor\033[m \033[25mis\033[m ok

The color is ok
Color is ok


Code:
printf "%-15s %-20s %-20s\n" "Name" "Age" "Site" "----" "---" "----" "\033[34mBob Actor\033[m" "\033[31m30\033[m" "\033[30mOrange County\033[m"

The position is ok but it dont translate the octal color code

Name______Age________Site
----________---_________----
\033[34mBob Actor\033[m \033[31m30\033[m \033[30mOrange County\033[m


where i'm wrong ?

thanks for your help
# 2  
Old 07-21-2008
It is not working because you are using repeated formatting i.e. "%-15s %-20s %-20s\n" The following example shows one way of doing it (I just used one escape sequence to keep it simple).
Code:
printf "%-15s %-20s %-20s\n" "Name" "Age" "Site" "----" "---" "----"
printf "\033[34m"
printf "%-15s %-20s %-20s\n" "Bob Actor" "30" "Orange County"

# 3  
Old 07-22-2008
oh thanks a lot it works fine Smilie

Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh

printf "%-15s %-20s %-20s\n" "Name" "Age" "Site" "----" "---" "----"
printf "\033[34m"
printf "%-15s" "Bob Actor"
printf "\033[31m"
printf "%-20s" "30"
printf "\033[32m"
printf "%-20s\n" "Orange County"
printf "\033[mo"

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