Re: have the same column L

[Peter & Kelly Passchier]

Assuming the input is hexadecimal, a function like this would format 
each line as intended:

  formatline() { printf "%010X \n";}

Then a line like this would give the intended result:

  while read -r; do fl $REPLY; done <filename

Of course, many assumptions and no error checking here...

Cheers,
Peter


On 07/14/2017 08:29 AM, Krem wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How can I starndarzied string column to have the same column length for each 
> row.
>
> Example
> filename
>
> A135953
> D10036050
> C135858000
>
> I want add leading zeros and the column length should be 10
>
> I tried
> awk '{ printf "%010s \n", $1}' filename
>
> Got all zeros
> 0000000000
> 0000000000
> 0000000000
> 0000000000
>
> But I want
> 000A135953
> 0D10036050
> C135858000
>
>
> I would appreciate if you help me out.
>
> thank you in advance
>
>
>
>
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