shell scripting: “Can I use seq to go from 001 to 999?”

• http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/152857/can-i-use-seq-to-go-from-001-to-999

The thread got closed there, so I cannot reply to it there …

I am not sure, why people ask that kind of question instead of simply trying it at least – but then …

Yes, of course that works, and not just with the coreutils’ seq but also with BusyBox’s seq, esp. if you are using not more than “-w”.