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Old 07-01-2009
barrypitts barrypitts is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52 View Post
Try this:

Code:
awk -F" |:" '
{$3=sprintf("%.3f", $3)}
{$5=sprintf("%.3f", $5)}
1' file
That's perfect @Franklin52
Good job

Thanks very much @Franklin52 and @tyler_durden!!!
Barry