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# 8  
Old 08-21-2012
Bug
I am getting below output....

Code:
$ cat temp_file
NULL
NULL
NULL
9,800.00
NULL
1,234,567.01

$ sed 's/^[0-9]/$1/g' temp_file
NULL
NULL
NULL
$1,800.00
NULL
$1,234,567.01

$ sed 's/^\([0-9]\)/$\1/' temp_file
NULL
NULL
NULL
$9,800.00
NULL
$1,234,567.01

# 9  
Old 08-21-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by pamu
I am getting below output....

Code:
$ cat temp_file
NULL
NULL
NULL
9,800.00
NULL
1,234,567.01

$ sed 's/^[0-9]/$1/g' temp_file
NULL
NULL
NULL
$1,800.00
NULL
$1,234,567.01

$ sed 's/^\([0-9]\)/$\1/' temp_file
NULL
NULL
NULL
$9,800.00
NULL
$1,234,567.01

Yes! look at line #4!
This User Gave Thanks to RudiC For This Post:
pamu
# 10  
Old 08-21-2012
Thanks Rudic...Smilie
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