I needed to create a file with a range of numbers zero-padded on the left to a certain size so a simple bash script was in order

<code>
#!/bin/bash
# create a padded range of numbers
for ((a=$1; a<=$2; a++))
do
 printf "%08d\n" $a
done
exit 0
</code>

Note: In the printf, I have already hardcoded the number of pads to be 8. Change as required
 