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# 1  
Old 12-28-2011
for loop (001 to 500)
hey,
how do i create a for loop that runs for i from 001 to 500 ?
i need that the zero prefix will remain so when i print "i" it will
look like so:

Code:
001
002
 .
 .
008
009
  . 
  .
058
059
  .
  .
500

please advise.
thank u for your much appreciated help.
# 2  
Old 12-28-2011
Code:
$ i=1; while [ $i -le 500 ]; do printf "%03d\n" $i ; i=$((i+1)); done

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Old 12-28-2011
Code:
 
man seq

see the -w option

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i guess it should be

Code:
 
seq -w 001 500

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