#! /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 }"