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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: format script
Message-ID: <2461@solo9.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 8 May 89 22:20:00 GMT
References: <199462@hrc.UUCP>
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes:
\I need a format script that will adjust the following:

\/v01/ansi.c.Z: ( 7028 ): Subject: Yacc and Lex for 11/12/84 draft of ANSI C
\/v01/bed.Z: ( 9055 ): Subject: Bed version 1.0 (editor for binary files).

\to:

\/v01/ansi.c.Z:   ( 7028 ):   Subject: Yacc and Lex for 11/12/84 draft of [...]
\/v01/bed.Z   :   ( 9055 ):   Subject: Bed version 1.0 (editor for binary [...]

[lines truncated for clarity]

awk -F: '{ printf("%-13s:  %s:  %s:%s\n", $1, $2, $3, $4) }' inputfiles
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