I'm trying to get zero-padded output, e.g., 3 -> 003, 57 -> 057, 792 ->
792. {,pd}ksh could do this years ago, as
typeset -Z3 varname
varname=3
echo $varname # or "print $varname"
and the output is "003". How do I do it in bash? Or do I need to keep on
using pdksh for all my padding needs?
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