integer to string

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1

Hi all,
is there an easy way to convert integer to string in bash?
I have numbers like 1, 2, ..., 112, ...
and I would like to get
001 002 003 004 ...

Thank you,
Sarah

2

Yes, printf. Eg:

A=5
echo $A
A=$( printf '%04d' $A )
echo $A
3

Should be:

A=$( printf '%03d' $A )
4

Right. I should try and count until I've had my 4th coffee :wink:

5

thank you all