[ale] making duplicate files

[Keith R. Watson]

At 06:03 PM 5/20/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>I am observing this with considerable interest...
>
>What is the significance of the "%03d"?
>
>- Jeff
> >
> > If you really want them to all have the same content no matter what:
> >
> >
> > perl -e 'link("000.php",sprintf("%03d.php",$_))for 1..999'
> >

Jeff,

The %03d makes each file name 3 digits long by padding it with zeros as 
necessary. This insures the file names will be

001.php
002.php
003.php...
099.php...
999.php

instead of

1.php
2.php
3.php...
99.php...
999.php

keith
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Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/ITD
Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
404-894-0836

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