Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 14:57:25 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Victor Subervi <victorsubervi@gmail.com> Cc: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Variable Substitution Message-ID: <20080308135725.GA7438@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <4dc0cfea0803080548q6f5bb4e0rd229f4fb0f29149b@mail.gmail.com> References: <4dc0cfea0803030652n2f048784qcfc46ad561d9fbf9@mail.gmail.com> <200803040022.34594.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <4dc0cfea0803080548q6f5bb4e0rd229f4fb0f29149b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 02:48:52PM +0100, Victor Subervi wrote: > 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. What do you mean by "substitute a file". Do you mean the name of a file? Or the contents of a file? Or a file handle? Or something else? Also: what language/tool are you using? '%x' (for various values of x) is primarily used by printf() and scanf(). They do not have any special forma= ts for files of any kind. You will have to explain in more detail what it is you are actually trying to do, because that is not clear at all. > Also, I am looking for > a howto to brush up on that. What is this called if not variable > substitution, which is not google-friendly? > TIA, > Victor >=20 >=20 > 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.= If I > > > want to substitute strings in an expression, I can use %s for string,= or > > %d > > > for digit. What about file? What is this process called, so I can fin= d a > > > howto? > > > > printf(1) or printf(3), pending what language you want. > > -- > > Mel > > --=20 <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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