I made a mistake. 
seq -f 'word%02g’ 10

Should be:
seq -f 'word%02g’ 4

Sorry 
--Chris(topher)?

> On Dec 30, 2021, at 4:47 PM, Christopher Waterman <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I recently discovered this solution for this kind of thing. I use the unix 
> command: ‘seq' with the the -f flag and BBEdit’s Run Unix Command.
> 
> Seq creates sequences of numbers, the -f flag allows you to use a formatted 
> string as output.
> 
> So to produce:
> word01
> word02
> word03
> word04
> 
> I’d use the command:
> seq -f 'word%02g’ 10
> 
> To produce:
> Appt: 103
> Appt: 104
> Appt: 105
> Appt: 106
> Appt: 107
> Appt: 108
> Appt: 109
> 
> I’d use:
> seq -f 'Appt: %g' 103 109
> 
> You can test this on the command line (Terminal.app) but even better under 
> the Text menu, BBEdit has the Run Unix Command. It replaces the document text 
> or the selection with the output of the command.
> 
> On the command line run ‘man printf’ to learn about formatted strings. I 
> think this will be very useful for you.
> Also check out ‘man seq’ to understand the seq command better.
> — Chris(topher)?
> 
> 
> 
>> On Dec 30, 2021, at 12:59 PM, Lorenz Groth <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanx to Ted for your quick reaction and a semi-solution. That works. 
>> But it would be really nice to know how to generate such repeating terms. 
>> Because I need this often and in different ways.
>> So I'm glad for today but still interested in a more professional solution.
>> T Burger schrieb am Donnerstag, 30. Dezember 2021 um 21:20:45 UTC+1:
>>> Not what you asked for,but I would use a spreadsheet for that.
>>> 
>>> Put your words in the first column.
>>> In the second column have it fill down with a series of numbers.
>>> Now select both columns and copy.
>>> Paste in BBEdit and delete the tab characters.
>>> 
>>> Ted
>>> 
>>> Sent from the Burger's iPad
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 30, 2021, at 2:53 PM, Lorenz Groth <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello!
>>> 
>>>> I used to use programs like maple (math software) and latex for text 
>>>> editing. But I am new at programming other stuff. 
>>>> What I want to learn is how to produce a simple list of numbered word such 
>>>> as
>>>> word01
>>>> word02
>>>> word03
>>>> word04
>>>> ....
>>>> automatically to not have to do this by typing.
>>>> Can anyone tell me how to do that with BBEdit? I guess there will be some 
>>>> loop stuff, for, while, if, do and something like this. But I have NO 
>>>> experiences with that in BBEdit. All I got is this
>>>>   and
>>>> 
>>>> I hope my problem is understandable. I write in German English...
>>>> 
>>> 
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