Re: seq -w

[Bob Proulx]

Carl Peterson wrote:
> Recently I have been experimenting with Windows Services for Unix and 
> it does not include the "seq" utility.  So, I downloaded "GNU 
> utilities for Win32" from here: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
> 
> However, I have discovered the "-w" option does not work.  No leading 
> zeroes appear. Is there a newer version somewhere?
> 
> The version I have is "seq (GNU sh-utils) 1.13".

Yes.  Version 1.13 is very, very old.  You will definitely want to
upgrade.

Here is the latest release announcement.

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils-announce/2006-12/msg00000.html

For MS-Windows let me recommend the Cygwin port.

  http://cygwin.com/

Bob