Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 14:48:52 +0100 From: "Victor Subervi" <victorsubervi@gmail.com> To: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Variable Substitution Message-ID: <4dc0cfea0803080548q6f5bb4e0rd229f4fb0f29149b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200803040022.34594.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <4dc0cfea0803030652n2f048784qcfc46ad561d9fbf9@mail.gmail.com> <200803040022.34594.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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No, no, I have made myself misunderstood. I am looking for a %x where x is some letter that will enable me to substitute a file. Also, I am looking fo= r a howto to brush up on that. What is this called if not variable substitution, which is not google-friendly? TIA, Victor On 3/4/08, Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> wrote: > > On Monday 03 March 2008 15:52:51 Victor Subervi wrote: > > > Forgive this basic question, but can=B4t figure out how to google it. I= f I > > want to substitute strings in an expression, I can use %s for string, o= r > %d > > for digit. What about file? What is this process called, so I can find = a > > howto? > > printf(1) or printf(3), pending what language you want. > -- > Mel > > Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules > and never get to the software part. >
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