1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi can I know command to pad Zeros to a value I get 16 and I need to send 0000000016 (5 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Pad zeros to a number and assign it to a variable like i get 1 in $i ,i want it to be $i as 01 (6 Replies)

3. Programming

I need to right-pad with zeros a string by using (s)printf. I looked up the manual and tried with printf("%-19s", buffer); which right-pad the string with spaces. So I tried printf("%019s", buffer); which left-pad the string with zeros. So I tried both printf("%-019s", buffer);... (9 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need to read in the string from input file and reform it by cut each segment and check the last segement lenght. If the last segment length is not as expected (see below segment file or table. It is predefined), then pad enough space. Old string FU22222222CA6666666666AKxvbFMddreeadBP999... (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need to read in the string from input file and reform it by cut each segment and check the last segement lenght. If the last segment length is not as expected (see below segment file or table. It is predefined), then pad enough space. Old string FU22222222CA6666666666AKxvbFMddreeadBP999... (11 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I'm using cygwin bash to submit scheduled tasks (kinda like cron jobs) in windows and the following script is giving me grief. I need to format the current time with leading zeros before 10AM for the hour field. In this example, I manually typed in "09:50" instead of using the `printf...`... (2 Replies)

7. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

I need to pad 0 to a number on the right. to make it 9 digit in total. My number is 2457 output should be 245700000 Please do wrap your samples/codes into CODE TAGS as per forum rules. (3 Replies)