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#! /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
[ $# -lt 1 ] && {
echo "zprintf: usage: zprintf format [args ...]" >&2
exit 2
}
fmt="${1%,}"
shift
for a in "$@"; do
args="$args,\"${a%,}\""
done
gawk "BEGIN { printf \"$fmt\" $args }"
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