LXer: Printing repeats within repeats, and splitting a list into columns
by LXer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#53Z72)
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BASH printf is a complex piece of machinery. The man page says a printf command should look like printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]..., which makes it seem the "argument" is the thing to be printed and the "format" describes how. But it's not that simple, and some ingenious tricks are possible with "format".
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BASH printf is a complex piece of machinery. The man page says a printf command should look like printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]..., which makes it seem the "argument" is the thing to be printed and the "format" describes how. But it's not that simple, and some ingenious tricks are possible with "format".
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