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Simple UNIX templating with the printf command
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| # Create a template | |
| echo 'I am just a lowly %s, | |
| playing with %s and %s, | |
| dancing in a %s and trying not to get %s.' > jolly.template | |
| # Evaluate the template | |
| printf "$(<jolly.template)" scoundrel sticks 'barbed wire' web caught | |
| # Or Evaluate the template and silently set it to a shell variable | |
| printf -v output "$(<jolly.template)" scoundrel sticks 'barbed wire' web caught | |
| echo "$output" |
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