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Old 07-18-2013
Adding Long List Of Large Numbers
Hi All,

I have a file with long list of numbers. This file contains only one column. These numbers are very large. I am using following command:

Code:
cat myfile.txt | awk '{ sum+=$1} END {print sum}'

The output is coming in scientific notation. How do I get the result in proper format?

Thanks
Angshuman
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Old 07-18-2013
can u show the contents of the input file.
# 3  
Old 07-18-2013
... whatever is the "proper format"...
For a non-scientific notation use printf and the %f conversion specifier, or set the OFMT variable accordingly.
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Old 07-18-2013
Hi,

I have attached the file. For this file, when I run the command, I get the result as

Code:
cat myfile.txt | awk '{ sum+=$1} END {print sum}'
5.69169e+06

myfile.txt (15.1 KB) 
# 5  
Old 07-18-2013
As said, use printf not print.
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