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Date:      Thu, 11 May 2000 01:29:02 -0400
From:      Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: making even columns in sh
Message-ID:  <4.3.1.2.20000511012812.01ec85f0@mail.enterit.com>

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>At 17.47 10.05.00 +1000, Richard Grace wrote:
> > > I've written a simple script to display usernames
> > > with their $HOME as root (chrooted). The $HOME variable
> > > is extracted with awk and sed.
> > >
> > > However as usernames are not all the same lenght
> > > the columns (username     chroot/path ) don't run
> > > straight down, that is the chroot/path column start
> > > depends on how long the username is.
> > >
> > > Is there some way I can manipulate the rows so that
> > > the second column is displayed in an 'orderly' fashion
> > > using sh?
> >
> >Try echoing a tab character (^I) in between.
>
>Is there a difference of ^| to echo -e "\t" (using [ba]sh) or echo "\t"
>using non-sh?
>I've never seen this before.
>
>Jim
>
> >Richard Grace
> >
> >ITworks Consulting Pty. Ltd.
> >
> >
> >
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UNIX  - "segmentation fault - core dumped"
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NOTJames
jconner@enterit.com



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