How to give space using printf

[shorye]

I have a line

this is a universe this is a hello world

want to print 2 field to last field, so doing following

{for(i=5;i<=NF;i++) printf $i}

but I am getting output like this (withought space between)

isauniversethisisahelloworld

please suggest how can get the space here, like
is a universe this is a hello world

[valan]

What language are you trying to do this in?

[shorye]

Shell..


sorry i forgot to mention, correct syntax

awk '{for(i=5;i<=NF;i++) printf $i}'

[valan]

In that case, there's no need to do all that work to accomplish what you're trying to do. Here's a simpler solution:

string="this is a universe this is a hello world"
echo ${string:5}

I highly recommend you check out http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html

[ghostdog74]

Shell..


sorry i forgot to mention, correct syntax

awk '{for(i=5;i<=NF;i++) printf "%s ",$i}'

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