make numerous directories using shell script [duplicate]

Question

I want to make the following directories using shell script,

00, 01, 02, ..., 50

I have tried the script as follows:

for ((1;i<=${1};i=i+1)) do mkdir ${i} done

But I get

0, 1, 2, ..., 50

How to modify the script? thanks.

printf(1) will help get the number into the appropriate format. — Shawn
– Shawn, Commented Aug 14, 2018 at 1:53
Possible duplicate of How to add leading zeros for for-loop in shell?, How to zero pad a sequence of integers in bash so that all have the same width?, etc. — jww
– jww, Commented Aug 14, 2018 at 3:15

Bibek Shah · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-14 02:44:10Z

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for i in $(seq -f "%05g" 0 50) do mkdir $i done

should do the trick.

answered Aug 14, 2018 at 2:44

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