Try:

   printf "%10d bytes", $x;


Vinicius

------ Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Arg, I am going crazy. Ok, it has been a long time since I was kneee deep in
> perl, but why does this not work:
> 
> 
> printf "%-10d bytes", $x;
> 
> It does not pad the output with spaces or anything.
> 
> if x = 25
> 
> this is the result:
> 
> 25 bytes
> 
> I want it tobe:
> 
>         25 bytes
> 
> Anyone have any ideas. I just scanned thourgh both Programming Perl and the
> Cookbook and could not find this.
> 
> Thankx,
> CC

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