#!/bin/sed -f # Add a marker in front of each digit, for tracking tens, hundreds, etc. s/[0-9]/<&/g # Convert numbers to, in essence, tally marks s/0//g; s/1/|/g; s/2/||/g; s/3/|||/g; s/4/||||/g; s/5/|||||/g s/6/||||||/g; s/7/|||||||/g; s/8/||||||||/g; s/9/|||||||||/g # Multiply by ten for each digit from the back they were. :tens s/|