Padding with zeros. - Shell Programming and Scripting

limshady411 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-13-2009

Hi all,

Referencing the awk statement here

Code:

awk -F: '{ printf "%06d: %s\n", $1,$2 }' input.txt

, I want to apply this concept to the 5th field, where I am padding 6 leading zeroes, and the rest of my fields stay the same. I tried the following:

Code:

awk -F, '{ printf "%06d, %s\n", $6,$7 }' test1.csv > test2.csv

but it won't output my first five fields or fields after the 6th field.

Please advise. Thanks much!
Lim