Row alignment

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*1  flash  read  test(*do_test1*)  PASS
*2 xxxxxxxxxxx flash write test(*do_test2) FAIL ------>xxxxx

*1  flash  read  test(*do_test1*)          PASS
*2 xxxxxxxxxxx flash write test(*do_test2) FAIL ------>xxxxx

I want pass and Fail to be aligned

if each line uses printf or echo to print, is there anyway to let them align?

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Here is a solution but I'm sure there is an easier way to do this I missed:

awk '
  FNR==NR{ m=index($0, "FAIL"); max=m>max?m:max; next }
  /PASS/ {
      i=index($0, "PASS");
      if(i>max) $0=substr($0,1,max-1) substr($0,i)
      else
        $0=sprintf("%s%"max-i"s%s",substr($0,1,i-1), "", substr($0,i))
  }1' infile infile

Supports this type of infile:

1  flash  read  test(*do_test1*)       PASS
1  flash  read  test(*do_test1*)                     PASS
1  flash  read  test(*do_test1*)           PASS
*2 xxxxxxxxxxx flash write test(*do_test2) FAIL ------>xxxxx
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awk '/ PASS/{i=index($0, " PASS")}
  / FAIL/{i=index($0, " FAIL")}
  {a[++n]=substr($0, 0, i-1);
  b[n]=substr($0, i);
  if(max < i-1) max = i-1}
  END {for(i=1; i<=n; i++) printf "%-*s%s\n", max, a, b}' file
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Chubler_XL made a reasonable guess at what may be wanted. The specification leaves a lot to be desired:

  1. Are there always only two lines?
  2. Is the FAIL always on the 2nd line? Or, if there can be more than two lines, always on the last line?
  3. Is the FAIL always further to the right on a line than all occurrences of PASS?
  4. Will there every be any text following PASS?
  5. Will there ever be more than one FAIL line?
  6. How big can the file we're processing be?
  7. Will there always be a FAIL line?
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if each line uses printf or echo to print, is there anyway to let them align?

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Yes. Did you look at Chubler_XL's or SriniShoo's printf commands?

If their code didn't work, maybe we could try to fix it if you would answer the questions I asked three weeks ago...