bash script issue

[Walter Dnes]

On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 08:07:55PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote

> $ q=0056789
> $ echo "$((10#$q+1))"
> 56790
> 
>    Or, if you want leading zeroes in the output:
> 
> printf '%08d\n' "$((10#$q+1))"

  Thanks.  It's stuff like this that makes this mailing list worthwhile.

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