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Old 05-25-2006
How do I insert double quotes

Hi all,
I have a spreadsheet with 20 fields(columns) in which the fifth column is a numerical column with records such as 00024,00455, 00234,556670,465700,00456 etc. I want to consider the leading zeros for this column so that I can use some logic. Now the problem is that I am unable to add the double quotes in front and end of the fifth column so that I will get the leading zeroes. Otherwise without double quotes, If I ftp the file into unix machine as .CSV file, I am not getting the leading zeroes. Any help is greatly appreciated.


thanks in advance,
sean......
# 2  
Old 05-25-2006
Could you be more specific?

An example will be useful.

Thx.
# 3  
Old 05-25-2006
add ' ( single quote ) in front of the number in excel, you will not loose the zeros in front
# 4  
Old 05-26-2006
Code:
nawk '$5 = "\""$5"\""; 1' file > newfile

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