One of the first commands new Linux users learn is echo. Need to print some text or debug a script? Add an echo statement. However, from my usage, I've found printf to be far more powerful. Once you ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. It’s much easier to format an int with printf than a float or double, because decimal precision ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Java String printf method can be confusing at first, but it greatly simplifies how you ...

In my last article, "Fancy Tricks for Changing Numberic Base", I explored the surprising ability of the Linux shell to convert numeric bases on the fly, including this sweet little snippet that ...

You may or may not know, but printf is a Turing-complete language, once you exploit all the strange and wonderful format characters in it (especially %n). But who has time to write code as printf ...

Even if you're already familiar with the printf command, if you got your information via "man printf" you may be missing a couple of useful features that are provided by bash's built-in version of the ...

When you have a width specification of 1 (like you do in the second line) the output will be H or T. If you have anything else, the output will be HEADS or TAILS. But first, we need to add the %H ...

Ok, basically I want a field width specifier, only that repeats something.<BR><BR>Such as say 30 empty spaces in a printf or reapeats "-" 30 times, basically to format output.<BR><BR>Thanks for the ...