Enclose data with unique text

[jestrada101]

Example: my data file

John Doe
Billy Bob
Jane Doe


I then want my script to enclose data like this.

**************************
*John Doe *
*Billy Bob *
*Jane Doe *
**************************

Thanks for any guidance.

JE

 

[CaKiwi]

Use th following awk program

# ------   je.awk   ------
BEGIN {print "**************************"}
{print "*" $0 substr("                        ",1,24-length) "*"}
END {print "**************************"}

Run it by entering

awk -f je.awk input.dat

CaKiwi

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[jestrada101]

Cool... this is what I want it to do... is there a way to include this "awk" function into a shell script?

 

[CaKiwi]

Enclosing it in single quotes works in most places on most systems

awk 'BEGIN {print "**************************"}
{print "*" $0 substr(" ",1,24-length) "*"}
END {print "**************************"}' input.dat

CaKiwi