Can I use seq to go from 001 to 999?
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3The answer is in [the man page](http://man.cx/seq) – glenn jackman Aug 29 '14 at 19:28
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1How is this question - which is specifically about the command `seq` - a duplicate of a question specifically about `bash` brace expansion? The two are not the same. – mikeserv Aug 30 '14 at 02:57
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Yes using the -w parameter:
-w, --equal-width
equalize width by padding with leading zeroes
e.g.
seq -w 0 999
gives
000
001
...
999
Renan
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This will work in any shell on a machine that has coreutils installed:
seq -w 1 10 and seq -w 1 100
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11891162/bash-sequence-00-01-10
