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Farid Hamjavar  
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 More options Nov 27 2007, 5:08 pm
Newsgroups: comp.lang.awk, comp.unix.shell
From: Farid Hamjavar <hamja...@unm.edu>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:08:02 -0700
Local: Tues, Nov 27 2007 5:08 pm
Subject: formatting question...
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Hello,

My un-formatted data file:

2007-10  14,807 1,604  29,600
2007-09   15,173  521  35,853
2007-08  12,799 1,236   516
2007-07   5,780  416  37,135

I run it through:

cat file| awk '{printf "%-11s%-7s%-9s%s\n",$1,$2,$3,$4}'

and get:

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2007-10    14,807 1,604    29,600
2007-09    15,173 521      35,853
2007-08    12,799 1,236    516
2007-07    5,780  416      37,135

But what I want is:
i.e. entries in col# 2,3,4  line up on the
3-digit bound Eries:

2007-10    14,807 1,604    29,600
2007-09    15,173   521    35,853
2007-08    12,799 1,236       516
2007-07     5,780   416    37,135

Anything I can do to get this format?

Thanks,
Farid


 
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Ed Morton  
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 More options Nov 27 2007, 5:13 pm
Newsgroups: comp.lang.awk, comp.unix.shell
From: Ed Morton <mor...@lsupcaemnt.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:13:43 -0600
Local: Tues, Nov 27 2007 5:13 pm
Subject: Re: formatting question...
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On 11/27/2007 4:08 PM, Farid Hamjavar wrote:

> Hello,

> My un-formatted data file:

> 2007-10  14,807 1,604  29,600
> 2007-09   15,173  521  35,853
> 2007-08  12,799 1,236   516
> 2007-07   5,780  416  37,135

> I run it through:

> cat file| awk '{printf "%-11s%-7s%-9s%s\n",$1,$2,$3,$4}'

UUOC:

   awk '{printf "%-11s%-7s%-9s%s\n",$1,$2,$3,$4}' file

Yes, get rid of the "-" signs tellling printf to push everything to the left, e.g.:

$ awk '{printf "%7s%9s%9s%9s\n",$1,$2,$3,$4}' file
2007-10   14,807    1,604   29,600
2007-09   15,173      521   35,853
2007-08   12,799    1,236      516
2007-07    5,780      416   37,135

Regards,

        Ed.


 
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Bill Marcum  
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 More options Nov 27 2007, 5:29 pm
Newsgroups: comp.lang.awk, comp.unix.shell
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From: Bill Marcum <marcumb...@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:29:42 -0500
Local: Tues, Nov 27 2007 5:29 pm
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["Followup-To:" header set to comp.unix.shell.]
On 2007-11-27, Farid Hamjavar <hamja...@unm.edu> wrote:

The '-' in %-99s tells printf to print aligned left, and you want
the fields aligned right.

 
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