> > 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