2 Jan
2011
2 Jan
'11
10:27 p.m.
$ ASDF=hello; a=0; a=$(( 70 - $(echo $ASDF | awk '{print length}') )); echo "$a $ASDF"$(for i in {1..$a}; do printf "."; done) 65 hello. $
Why doesn't it print: 65 hello.................................................................
What am i missing?