tagpad0

Name

tagpad0 : Add zeros to the beginning

Synopsis

Usage   : tagpad0 <f1.w1> <f2.w2> .. <file>

Option  : --ngthrough <str>

Version : Mon Jun  2 19:07:54 JST 2014

Description

Pads the specified fields in the specified file or standard input

with zeros to the specified number of digits.

Example 1

$ cat data

12 345 6789

$ tagpad0 tag1.5 tag2.6 data

tag1 tag2 tag3

00012 000345 6789

Example 2

If the content of specified field is same as the string of --ngthrough

option, the field is not padded.

$ tagpad0 --ngthrough 345 tag1.5 tag2.6 data

tag1 tag2 tag3

00012 345 6789

Example 3

Contiguous fields can be specified.

$ tagpad0 tag1.6/tag3.6 data

tag1 tag2 tag3

000012 000345 006789

Example 4

There is no restriction on the order of field specification.

$ tagpad0 tag3.5 tag1.6 data

tag1 tag2 tag3

000012 345 06789

Important

1. The tagpad0 command does not look at the contents of the fields.

2. If the length of the field is already greater than the specified

   number of digits then that field is not processed.