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Old 02-27-2008
Removing leading zeros from a variable

How do I remove or add leading zeroa from a variable. To make variable 10 characters long when adding zeros.
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Old 02-27-2008
have a look at the command "tr"...

hth,
DN2
# 3  
Old 02-27-2008
You can use printf to add or remove leading zeros

$ printf "%05d\n" 5
00005

$ printf "%d\n" 00005
5

$ printf "%010d\n" 00005
0000000005
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Old 02-27-2008
Nothing worked, I am using K Shell
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Old 02-27-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by toshidas2000
Nothing worked, I am using K Shell
Nothing worked means, did you get any error or It didn't display anything?
# 6  
Old 02-27-2008
A awk one to remove leading 0's

Code:
$ echo "0000000231" | awk '{print $1 + 0}'
231

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Old 02-27-2008
or:

Code:
 expr  "0000000231" + 0
231

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