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On 10/02/17 10:29 PM, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> % integer x
> % echo ${(l:5::x:)x}
> xxxx0
>
> So, yes, use printf %05d.
Sure, printf is perhaps to be expected, but I wondered if zsh could do 
it directly.