Number/string format in bash


 
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Old 04-16-2009
Power Number/string format in bash

I would like to change the format of an integer type number adding zeros to the left of it in a script in bash. For example

number=1
echo $number

00001

Thanks
# 2  
Old 04-16-2009
man printf.
# 3  
Old 04-16-2009
thanks:
printf "%06d\n"
can it be done with echo as well?
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Old 04-16-2009
nope you can't do it with echo
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