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diff --git a/examples/scripts/zprintf b/examples/scripts/zprintf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..86f9e95 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/scripts/zprintf @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +#! /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 }" |