-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Paul Ward Sent: Tue 11/14/2006 06:14 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Cc: Subject: Sed in Script problem using expr Hi All, Can anyone help me with the following script problem please its driving me nuts. myscript.sh: NUM=`expr $i - 2`; printf %02d $NUM ; echo " " ------------------------------- You need to save the output from the printf command: NUM=`expr $1 - 2` NUM=`printf %02d $NUM` or, a one liner NUM=`echo $i | awk '{printf "%02d", $1 - 2}'`
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