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07-02-2005

GNMIKE

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How to format number/string in ksh

Hi,
How to format a number in ksh. For example

x=RANDOM $$

I want x to be of 20 digits long, so if x = 12345 I want it to be left paded with 15 zeros.

Thanks.

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typeset -Z20 x

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07-03-2005

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Works fine - Thanks.

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