typeset in linux
 

I use type in ksh ,

typeset -Ln

command under AIX to do the following:

Left-justify. Remove leading spaces; if n is given, fill with spaces or truncate on right to length n."


Somehow under Linux this not working ...

Any ideas what I have to use here instead ?

probably because you use bash (try echo $0). You can try ksh on linux too - if installed. In bash I think you need to use printf (see man page)

thx reply ,

my current question is I have set a variable , similar as below

VAT=$(grep ...)
echo $VAT
"
"

The problem now is the display of $VAT is not tidy , I would like to set the $VAT displaying in left n line "Ln" , how to do it ? thanks

see man bash and look for printf formatting
printf -v VAT "%6s" "$VAT"