Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 01:16:33 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: BSD Freak <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Padding expr output Message-ID: <20021223001633.GB42622@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20021223001222.GA42622@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <108151f107bf32.107bf32108151f@mbox.com.au> <20021223001222.GA42622@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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# neuhauser@bellavista.cz / 2002-12-23 01:12:22 +0100:
> # bsd-freak@mbox.com.au / 2002-12-23 10:57:19 +1100:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am usiung expr in a shell script and need to pad it's output to
> > always be 3 characters. An example will explain thing better:
> >
> > % expr 007 + 1
> > Output is 8
> >
> > I need the output to be 008
>
> printf(8)
printf(1), of course.
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