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Old 09-08-2008
each line as 20digit long append zero "0" in front

i have an ip file like
121
1213412
34345353
long file
want to made each line as 20digit long append zero "0" in front

as 121
become
00000000000000000121
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Old 09-08-2008
Try:

Code:
awk '{ printf "%020s\n",$0; }' filename

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