What does this formattin string mean in perl
sprintf "%014ld", "$variable";
What does this formattin string mean in perl sprintf %014ld, $variable;
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It means “assume $variable is a long integer (64 bits) and print it zero-padded to 14 digits width.”
See http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/sprintf.html for an explanation of all the possible printf formatting arguments.