drew@cgou11.enet.dec.com (Steve Drew) (04/19/91)
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I was hoping to be able to create a format file for 'scan'
that displayed only the last n characters of the from address
instead of just displaying the first n characters.
For example a message received from a ALLIN1/DECNET system could then
be displayed as:
1 1454 ako::Fred.Smith Mon Mar 25 11:11 test message
rather than
1 1454 kaoo01::mrgate::F Mon Mar 25 11:11 test message
^
from users name not seen.
There doesnt seem to be any supporting syntax in the mh-format
commands for this.
Anyone have any ideas?
thanks.
Steve.
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jromine@yoyodyne.ics.uci.edu (John Romine) (04/19/91)
drew%cgou11.enet@decwrl.dec.com writes: >I was hoping to be able to create a format file for 'scan' >that displayed only the last n characters I think you can right justify a field by using a negative width argument. E.g., %-10{from} You'd have to use one of the match tests to see if the address is a DECNET-style address, and then use this format in those cases. -- John Romine
drew@cgou11.enet.dec.com (Steve Drew) (04/20/91)
In article <280E317E.17300@ics.uci.edu>, jromine@yoyodyne.ics.uci.edu (John Romine) writes: >I think you can right justify a field by using a negative >width argument. E.g., > > %-10{from} > Nope, still gives first ten characters, and not the last 10. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve Drew: drew%cgou11.enet@decwrl.dec.com Phone : 403-295-HELP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~