Shell Programming and Scripting

1) I want to trim the zeros of the 1st file so they match the second file
2) run an automatic diff and error in lines that dont match

File1

Code:

0.8035500
1.4138000
1.6381500
1.9256110
3.8075000
13.3270000
13.4155000
94.2700000
937.7000000

File2

Code:

0.80355
1.4138
1.63815
3.8075
1.925611
13.327
13.4155
94.27
937.7

Just a head start

Code:

sed 's/0*$//' file

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thanks that was it...

unfortuately the sed one line turns data into whole numbers too..

e.g

file 1

had 937.0

with sed one liner"

file 2 becomes

937.

hence the diff flags it


anyone know how to enhance the sed one liner to take this into acct?

maybe have exception if there is a decimal before and not to delete that..

please let me know

thanx

Code:

sed 's/0*$//;s/\.$//' file