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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How to round off a decimal number to higher whole number using ceil command in unix?
Eg. 4.41 or 4.11 or 4.51 should be rounded off to 5. (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: SanjayKumar28
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I am using bash shell on Linux OS, May i please know why is it rounding for big numbers but not for others, is there a workaround to print it as it is with out round off?
printf '%'\''.2f\n' 9999999999999999999.99
10,000,000,000,000,000,000.00
printf '%'\''.2f\n' 99999999999999.99... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Ariean
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Friends,
This is my last post for today.
My input file is
chr1 100 200
chr1 123 300
chr1 300 400
chr1 420 520
chr10 132344343 132348674
When I try using this command
awk '{v=($3+$2)/2; print $0"\t"v}' 1
This is my output
chr1 100 200 150
chr1 123 300 211.5 (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jacobs.smith
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear Experts,
I'm trying to find a way to round a number but in this way:
14367.577 ---> 14000
I used the following to round the number to the closer integer:
echo $var|awk '{print int($1+0.5)}'
and also:
xargs printf "%1.0f"
However, they don't work for my above... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: Gery
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have managed to round up numbers by using the following command:
echo "5.54" | awk '{printf "%.0f\n", $1}'
result
6
How can I round up all the numbers in a column in a file and print the lines with the new calculated totals?
Thanks, (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: keenboy100
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I am currently using tcsh
I am trying to round a decimal number to the ten-thousandths place
For instance:
1.23456 is rounded up towards 1.2346
I am not looking for truncation, but for rounding. Anyone know how to do this with awk or expr?
Thanks (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: miniwheats
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need some help with my rouding script. I have started pretty much from scratch and have no idea if its correct or even close but I have been trying and have gotten to this point. i keep getting syntax errors and im not sure what is wrong. Here is what I got
let value=$1;
while
do
let... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: kingrj46
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8. Linux
I need some help with my rouding script. I have started pretty much from scratch and have no idea if its correct or even close but I have been trying and have gotten to this point. i keep getting syntax errors and im not sure what is wrong. Here is what I got
let value=$1;
while
do
let... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: kingrj46
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I searched a lot on this Forum.
Please help me with the below problem.
I want to divide two numbers and the result should be the next nearest whole number.
E.G. Dividing 10.8/5 ideally gives 2.16. But the result should be 3 i.e. rounded off to the next whole number.
Any help will... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: damansingh
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
Can any one help me in finding a solution for rounding off to 2 decimal places.
I am using the following code:
VAR1=.01292105263157894736
VAR2=`echo "scale=2; $VAR1 * 100" | bc -l`
The result I 'm getting is
1.29210526315789473600
But I need the output as 1.29
Thanks
Shash (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: shash
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