Shell script

srnkumar · 04-13-2006, 08:52 AM

Following statements works fine in Solaris (/bin/sh) with default shell. When I run in Linux (sles 9)'s korn shell, errors out!!!

printf "%9-s" ${st}
print " "${attr}

How I can change these statements for proper output display?

druuna · 04-14-2006, 12:19 PM

Hi,

This line: printf "%9-s" ${st} is incorrect, that should be:

printf "%-9s" ${st} the - left adjusts and I do believe it should be on the left of the digit.

I do find it strange that solaris doesn't complain about it...... Have to try that at work.

Anyway, hope this helps.