Formatting output

[mrn]

I have a list

P590-AAAc-123
P590-BBBcc-123
P520-CCCc-123
P590-DDDccc-123
P550-EEEc-123

That I would like to format the following way

P590-AAAc-123 P590-BBBcc-123 P590-CCCc-123
P590-DDDccc-123 P590-EEEc-123

So far I've got

$SSHU $HMC -l $HMCUSER lssyscfg -r sys | awk -F, '{print $1}'|sed s/^name=//|tr '\n' ','

Which gives me AAA,BBB,CCC,DDD,EEE

Can't for the life of me get it into formatted columns tried /t in the tr but because of the different lengths the columns look a mess.

Ideas anyone?


Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

 

[PHV]

man paste
A starting point:
ls | paste - - -

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[mrn]

Doh!

I was trying to be too clever.

Thanks PHV - must remember not to try scripting after visiting a beer feastival.

Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

 

[KenCunningham]

Nor typing after a bear festival! ;-)

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[mrn]

[OT]
It was a long night....
Which will be repeated again tonight.
[/OT]

Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."