10 Jul
2008
10 Jul
'08
2:51 a.m.
What's the simplest way to increment the number 0000 up by one until some other 4 digit number while preserving leading zero's until the 1000's has a digit other than 0?
Lots of answers, depending on the shell. I like this version for ksh:
typeset -Z4 a=-1 while (( a++ < 1000 )) do print $a done
Not enough use is made of typeset :-)
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rgds
Stephen