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Bash (Scripting) - Add a leading zero to single digit numbers in Linux

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Let's say file1.txt contains both single digit and multiple digit numbers.

8
15
4
13
5
4
12

 

The following sed statement will add a leading 0 to the single digit numbers.

~]# cat file1.txt | sed -i 's/\<[0-9]\>/0&/'

 

The sed statement will update file1.txt.

08
15
04
13
05
04
12

 




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