Hi,
S Mathias wrote:
$ ASDF=hello; a=0; a=$(( 70 - $(echo $ASDF | awk '{print length}') )); echo "$a
$ASDF"$(for i in {1..$a}; do printf "."; done)
65 hello.
$
Why doesn't it print:
65 hello.................................................................
What am i missing?
Don't know, but the following works:
ASDF=hello; a=0; a=$(( 70 - $(echo $ASDF | awk '{print length}') )) &&
echo -n "$a $ASDF";for i in {`seq 1 1 $a`}; do printf '.'; done;echo
Cheers
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AndrewM
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