[CentOS] Re: question

[Jerry Geis]

>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:52:15AM -0400, Jerry Geis enlightened us:
> >/ I am trying to increment a filename in a script example name is 000001.txt
> />/ and I need to keep the leading 0's. I have no problem if the name was 
> />/ 1.txt, 2.txt etc...
> />/ var=`expr $var + 1`
> />/ 
> />/ however how do I keep the leading 0's?
> />/ 
> /
> printf
>   
perfect - thanks,

Jerry