Formatted Strings in Script File

mhjones · 06-07-2004, 10:38 AM

I'm looking for functionallity resembling 'sprintf' in a Linux Shell Script. I want to build a new strings which increament from 0-whatever. I want the output to look like the following:

blabla_000.txt
blabla_001.txt
blabla_002.txt

As you can see, I can't just insert the variable into the string. It also needs to be formated. I need something like '%03d' in sprintf.

Thanks,

Matt

jim mcnamara · 06-07-2004, 10:54 AM

use printf try something like this:

Code:

let filecount=0
let filecount=filecount+1
filename=`printf "%s%04d" "blabla" $filecount`