#!/bin/csh set xx = '0000'$1 set yy = `echo $xx | sed 's/^....$/aaaa/'` while ( $yy != 'aaaa' ) set xx = `echo $xx | sed 's/^0//'` set yy = `echo $xx | sed 's/^....$/aaaa/'` # echo $xx $yy end echo $xx exit