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Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 19:57:38 -0400
From: =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_Vel=C3=A1zquez?= <larryv@zsh.org>
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Subject: Re: create variable with calculated number of spaces.
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On Mon, May 6, 2024, at 6:38 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> or, more efficiently:
>
>     printf -v spacer "%${diff}s" ''

And if the spacing is just being added to the beginning or end of
string1, then don't bother with the spacer variable:

	# Left-padded
	printf -v string1 '%*s' $#string2 $string1

	# Right-padded
	printf -v string1 '%-*s' $#string2 $string1

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