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author | cvpcs <root@cvpcs.org> | 2010-06-02 11:02:31 -0500 |
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committer | cvpcs <root@cvpcs.org> | 2010-06-02 11:02:31 -0500 |
commit | 772f20abb0a3a0979c440114bf3a1cff5b3cef03 (patch) | |
tree | 3384b9291d73a12542c526a8557218c7435491b0 /examples/scripts/zprintf | |
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initial import of bash 4.1
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diff --git a/examples/scripts/zprintf b/examples/scripts/zprintf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..5e2e3ad --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/scripts/zprintf @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +#! /bin/bash +# +# zprintf - function that calls gawk to do printf for those systems that +# don't have a printf executable +# +# The format and arguments can have trailing commas, just like gawk +# +# example: +# zprintf 'Eat %x %x and suck %x!\n' 57005 48879 64206 +# +# Chet Ramey +# chet@po.cwru.edu + +[ $# -lt 1 ] && { + echo "zprintf: usage: zprintf format [args ...]" >&2 + exit 2 +} + +fmt="${1%,}" +shift + +for a in "$@"; do + args="$args,\"${a%,}\"" +done + +gawk "BEGIN { printf \"$fmt\" $args }" |