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diff command in Unix

Hi I want to compare two rows in unix

first value in row is 1.12 while value in other row is 000001.12.

if i do normal diff this will come as difference...is it any way to overcome this?

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Code:

cat file
1.12 000001.12
$ awk '{ print $1,$2+0}' file
1.12 1.12

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