Padding printf for Strings by 0

Question

Is there a way to replace the space character to 0 in printf padding for field width

Code used

printf(\"%010s\",\"this\");

Doesnt s

Answer 1

what about

 test="ABCD"
 printf "%0$(expr 9 - ${#test})d%s" 0 $test

that will give you what you need too.

 ~:00000ABCD

or is you want to padd with other numbers just change

  printf "%0$(expr 9 - ${#test})d%s" 1 $test

will give you

 ~:11111ABCD