Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 17:47:54 +1000 From: "Richard Grace" <rgrace@itworks.com.au> To: "Dan Larsson" <dl@tyfon.net>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: making even columns in sh Message-ID: <NDBBILBEBIHJBLOEIKKCGEJPCHAA.rgrace@itworks.com.au> In-Reply-To: <NEBBJANJCNNAKCPFKHHFMENECBAA.dl@tyfon.net>
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> 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. Richard Grace ITworks Consulting Pty. Ltd. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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