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Sure. Something like this 

printf "%-33s %d\n", $word, $seen{$word};

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The 33 sets the width of the field, and the minus sign left-aligns the content in it.

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Re^2: printf question
by RMGir (Prior) on Jan 21, 2010 at 12:53 UTC
    almut's right.

    You can get a slight improvement by keeping track of your longest word as you count them, though, and then using printf's "*" modifier to read the field width from that variable. 

    printf "%-*s %d\n", $maxLen, $word, $seen{$word};

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    I'd put a width specifier on the %d so the numbers line up nicely as well, but that's just my preference: 
    printf "%-*s %4d\n", $maxLen, $word, $seen{$word};

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    Mike
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Re^2: printf question
by peokai (Novice) on Jan 21, 2010 at 10:51 UTC
    Thank you good Sir!
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