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Date:      Wed, 10 May 2000 17:47:16 +1000 (EST)
From:      Gavin Cameron <gavin@itworks.com.au>
To:        Richard Grace <rgrace@itworks.com.au>
Cc:        Dan Larsson <dl@tyfon.net>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: making even columns in sh
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005101747030.43716-100000@maybe.itworks.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <NDBBILBEBIHJBLOEIKKCGEJPCHAA.rgrace@itworks.com.au>

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On Wed, 10 May 2000, 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.
> 
> Richard Grace
> 
> ITworks Consulting Pty. Ltd.
> 
> 
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