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# 1  
Old 01-26-2011
string formatting
how can I format this so the output looks like so:
Code:
        811420 -rwx------   1 cw33221  student     8952 Jan 26  2011 a.out

I keep getting this
Code:
811420  -rwx------   1 cw33221  student      8952 Jan 26 17:31 a.out

Here's the code I want to minuplate:
Code:
printf( "%d\t"   , info_p->st_ino);

# 2  
Old 01-26-2011
Code:
printf( "\t%d\t"   , info_p->st_ino);

# 3  
Old 01-26-2011
tabbing is too far, i need to put only 4-5 spaces
# 4  
Old 01-28-2011
Okay, how about printf("%20d", info_p->st_ino); That should pad it with spaces to 20 characters no matter how long the number is. Adjust as appropriate.
# 5  
Old 01-29-2011
Code:
sed -e 's/^/&    /' infile
awk '$1="    "$1' infile

 
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