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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Float number format problem -Awk Post 302441624 by jaduks on Sunday 1st of August 2010 11:09:40 PM
Old 08-02-2010
Use printf:

e.g.
Code:
$ awk -F ":" '{sum+=$NF} END {print sum}' data.txt
1.27084e+10

$ awk -F ":" '{sum+=$NF} END { printf ("%0.0f\n", sum)} ' data.txt
12708429091

$ awk -F ":" '{sum+=$NF} END { printf ("%d\n", sum)} ' data.txt
12708429091

 

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sum

SUM(1)								   User Commands							    SUM(1)

NAME

       sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file

SYNOPSIS

       sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Print checksum and block counts for each FILE.

       -r     use BSD sum algorithm, use 1K blocks

       -s, --sysv
	      use System V sum algorithm, use 512 bytes blocks

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

AUTHOR

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REPORTING BUGS

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SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation  for sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and sum programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command

	      info coreutils 'sum invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 7.1						     July 2010								    SUM(1)
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