[flalug] pad a variable with spaces in bash?

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat Feb 14 2004 - 21:06:00 EST


Does anybody know how to pad a variable with spaces in bash? In {pd}ksh,

.--
| #! /bin/ksh
| typeset -L8 foo=bar
| echo "a${foo}b"
'--

would print
abar b

How would I do a similar thing in bash (without calling ksh -c 'typeset
-L8 foo=bar; echo "a${foo}b"')?

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   Your pretended fear lest error might step in is like the man who
   would keep all wine out of the country lest men should be drunk.
                                                 -- Oliver Cromwell



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