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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 | #! /bin/bash
#
# zprintf - function that calls gawk to do printf for those systems that
# don't have a printf executable
#
# The format and arguments can have trailing commas, just like gawk
#
# example:
# zprintf 'Eat %x %x and suck %x!\n' 57005 48879 64206
#
# Chet Ramey
# chet@po.cwru.edu
# Copyright 1996 Chester Ramey
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# TThis program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
# Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
[ $# -lt 1 ] && {
echo "zprintf: usage: zprintf format [args ...]" >&2
exit 2
}
fmt="${1%,}"
shift
for a in "$@"; do
args="$args,\"${a%,}\""
done
gawk "BEGIN { printf \"$fmt\" $args }"
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