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Old 09-20-2006
Display ???
Hi

I have question?

whne i do echo "I am fine" - - The result displays on the left hand side of the screen, i want to make the result to display at the center of the screen
ex:
I am fine - - i want to display this as

I am fine - - in the center of the screen.

Any idea..
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Old 09-20-2006
A console is a character grid, not a webpage; as such, it does not have that kind of formatting support. You'll have to pad it with spaces or tabs.
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Old 09-20-2006
hint: the width of your terminal window is set to '$COLUMNS'
 
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