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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting [Solved] awk Errors on notation Post 302890222 by Don Cragun on Tuesday 25th of February 2014 07:32:49 PM
Old 02-25-2014
The awk utility is interpreting:
Code:
awk 'printf("%0.2f", 1 / 2649320) * 100'

as:
Code:
(printf("%0.2f", 1 / 2649320)) * 100

and you are getting an error because the awk printf() function does not return a numeric value. If I understand what you're trying to do, try:
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{printf("%0.2f", (1 / 2649320) * 100)}'

or:
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{printf("%0.2f", 100 / 2649320)}'

This User Gave Thanks to Don Cragun For This Post:
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NAME

       ppmtosixel - convert a portable pixmap into DEC sixel format

SYNOPSIS

       ppmtosixel [-raw] [-margin] [ppmfile]

DESCRIPTION

       Reads  a  portable  pixmap  as input.  Produces sixel commands (SIX) as output.	The output is formatted for color printing, e.g. for a DEC
       LJ250 color inkjet printer.

       If RGB values from the PPM file do not have maxval=100, the RGB values are rescaled.  A printer control header and a color assignment table
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OPTIONS

       -raw   If  specified,  each  pixel  will  be explicitly described in the image file.  If -raw is not specified, output will default to com-
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BUGS

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SEE ALSO

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