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Old 05-15-2009
ignore negative number in script

Hi, does anyone know how to ignore whether a number is negative in a script. E.g. if I have a variable that contains -1200, how do I ignore the minus sign?
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Old 05-15-2009
Do you mean absolute value?
Code:
echo '-1200' | awk '{ print ($1 >= 0) ? $1 : 0 - $1}'

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