left padding numbers

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Padding a csv value with 0's

I have this csv file that I would like to sort on the 20th and 21st field. They are high lighted below. My challenge is that when I sort on those fields they are not in order as I would have liked. It seems like I have to pad those fields to the longest value in that fields data. ...

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awk to substitute ip without zero left padding

Hello All, I have this script to awk IP to new file. #awk '/myip|yourip/ {sub(/...\....\....\..../, newip)}1' newip=$IP existing.txt > new.txt When existing.txt has myip=192.168.123.123 and $IP has 192.168.12.12, the awk script is not working. But while I add zero left padding to $IP i.e,...

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I am passing input string,length, and the pad character. input string=123 Pad char=# Length=6 then the output should be: ###123 How we can do this? Thanks

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hi All i am new to linux... source txt .. 281-BUM-5M BUM-5M 0 0 282-BUM-5M BUM-5M 0 0 83-BUM-5M BUM-5M 0 0 is it possible to use bash script to convert to (remove the "-" and fill up to 4 digit" ? 0281 BUM-5M BUM-5M 0 0 0282 BUM-5M BUM-5M 0 0 0083 BUM-5M BUM-5M 0 0 thanks a ...

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Zero padding dates

I have a file with records containing dates like: SMPBR|DUP-DO NOT USE|NEW YORK||16105|BA5270715|2007-6-6|MWERNER|109||||JOHN||SMITH|MD|72211118||||||74559|21 WILMINGTON RD||D|2003-11-6|SL# MD CONTACT-LIZ RICHARDS|||0|Y|N||1411458| How can I get the date fields in each of my records to be...

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I have a file with different character counts on each line how do i make it with unique character counts. example: 1st line : ABCD 011 XYZ 0000 YYYY BBB TEADINGDA 2nd line: ABCD 011 xys 0010 YYYY BBB TEAD 3rd line : ABCD 022 YXU 000 UUU BBB TE 1st line is 43...

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Padding

Hi Can anyone tell me how to pad zeroes on the left side to a numeric string in unix shell scripting Your answer is very much appreciated Thanks Vijay

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