Re: Trivia: space before '(others)' from 'folder' command

Ralph Corderoy <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Jan 2024 16:00:46 +0000

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Hi Andy,

> Is this perhaps an off-by-one error?

I don't think so.

Try

    folders +OpenSourceML | awk '{l=length($1)}l>m{m=l;p=$0}END{print p}'

That it's 81 wide when ‘tput cols’ is 80 is coincidence.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.

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