1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have input with decimal point ( 9.99 ) for hours variable hrs. I need to change it to seconds. Here is my code: secs=`/usr/ucb/echo $hrs*3600 |bc` But I don't want to see the decimal point. I can use awk to trim it if there is one. I am just wondering if there is better standard... (2 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all. Using /bin/sh on an HPUX system. I want to place a decimal in the field 2 charactors from the right (yes, converting to currency). The field lengths are variable. Here's what I'm doing: exec < filename while read FIELD1 FIELD2 do FIELD1="echo $FIELD1 | sed 'syntax that will... (4 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to compare two numbers with decimal points ? Is there a way in bash to do this? (33 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi In Unix, I have a file with some numbers like : 45600 12345 I want to insert a decimal point for these numbers based on user input. If the input is 2, the numbers should be changed to 456.00 123.45 If the input is 3, the numbers should be changed to 45.600 12.345 Can... (2 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hey guys, I've got an awk string that does a simple calculation which works well. However, I'd really like to be able to strip the decimal point and the trailing ints from it - any ideas on how I'd change the awk string to be able to do that ? I've changed it countless times and each time it... (14 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi, I would like to ask or is it possible to dump a hex using dd from starting point to end point just like the "xxd -s 512 -l 512 <bin file>" I know the redirect hexdump -C but i can't figure it out the combination options of dd. Hope someone can share their knowledge.. Thanks in... (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, Can some one help me in identifying the significance of character "$" ,Which is playing critical role in matching decimal point numbers as below. $ echo "01#.01"|awk '{if ($0 ~ /^+(\.*)?$/) print}' $ echo "01#.01"|awk '{if ($0 ~ /^+(\.*)?/) print}' 01#.01 $ Regards, Rmkganesh. (3 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, Please help for the following scenario where I want to add a delimiter after 2 decimal point integer. Original Line 1007937820§L§2016-12-19§000000002§2018-02-01§2050-12-01§00395§M§146713.57§00005.05000§762.59§00395§M§301223.0528§1165§2017-03-31 20:34:25 Expected Line... (12 Replies)

9. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

hi there I being trying to figure out way to add " .0" to an integer value in a csv using sed or awk with out success. just as a work around for 2147483647 32 bit limitation that influxdb is currently having the data base will accept values and work fine if it has the XXX.0 ... (7 Replies)

10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi , I have a file which contains text like A|Mau|Code|12|Detail B|Mau|Code|20|Header I want to write a command using awk which will output A|Mau|Code|12.00|Detail B|Mau|Code|20.00|Header I used a command like awk -F"|" {printf "%s|%s|%s|%.2f|%s",$1,$2,$3,$4,$5}' which does the... (4 Replies)