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# 15  
Old 05-09-2008
Hi runin

If all zero's is ok .How about the below one if data is like this

e.dat
------
X0000202|PPP_XX|16|N|XXX|+00000000000124899.1200|+00000000000000169887.78302400000|-92251.0500

O/P Should be

X0000202|PPP_XX|16|N|XXX|124899.12|169887.783024|-92251.05

Thanks,
MR
# 16  
Old 05-09-2008
Hi,

echo "X0000202|PPP_XX|16|N|XXX|+00000000000124899.1200|+00000000000000169887.78302400000|-92251.0500" | sed -e 's/|+00*/|/g' -e 's/0*|/|/g' -e 's/0*$//g'


Output:
X0000202|PPP_XX|16|N|XXX|124899.12|169887.783024|-92251.05


Thanks
Penchal
# 17  
Old 05-09-2008
Hi Penchal,

Thanks a lot


Thanks
MR
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