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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a input file which is EBCIDIC and it has packed decimals.
Can anyone help me to convert EBCIDIC file to ASCII(Need to convert even Packed decimal values also to normal format) (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: Anusha_Reddy
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I would like to do the following in the shell script
561.76 to 562
I tried using this echo 'scale=0; 749 * 75 /100 ' | bc
but just returned only 561
Please help me . I appreciate your help
Thanks
rajeevm (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: rajeevm
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello...
I am new to unix and I am wondering if in a C-shell script , Are we supposed to use only whole numbers........ for example..if a program needs to calculate the average of some numbers........
@ avg = (($1 +$2 + $3)/3)) is returning a whole number.........How can a decimal be achieved... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ravindra22
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I want to run a loop with non-integer values (which I know I can't) so I've created a loop of integers and divided it by 10. However, these values are always rounded down to 1 significant figure. How do I get the script to keep and use the decimal value?
My script is as follows
#... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: DFr0st
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
How to multiple decimals in Linux?
When I do it like this i get an error message
echo "$((1 * 1.1))"
-bash: 1 * 1.1: syntax error in expression (error token is ".1") (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: 3junior
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to get 15% of the variable exer1 to be added to other exercises
so far, i've got
exer1=$1
aver=`expr $exer \* .15`
but i keep getting an error that an integer value was expected. Is there anyway around this? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kdyzsa
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
How we can handle decimals in (Float) in UNIX.
a=73
b=5
c=`expr a / b`
i am getting 14 but i need full 14.6 .
Can any one help me pls? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: subin_bala
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
If i have an input as
c1:41 c2:0x0000.00046b3e
I want to make output display as
c1:41 c2:224062
.
Basically convert first part 0x0000 (as hex) to decimal which is 0 and
convert second part 0x00046b3e (as hex) to decimal which is 289598
and as such add both parts namely... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: hare
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
By using dd command in Unix one can convert EBCDIC file into ASCII. It fails when it comes to having packed decimals within the EBCDIC file. The resultant of it has garbage chars.
How can we have EBCDIC file convertedinto ASCII, which has packed decimal data in it?
Thanks in advance. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: videsh77
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Whats up fellas, I am new here... just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to get an avergage of a list of numbers... I am trying to use bc (number of records in file divided by sum of all records in file) but it is not giving me accurate data.
IE:
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: djsal
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