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Old 09-30-2013
Help with editing columns
Hi,

I have large file with 3 columns and want to output the 1st and 2nd column only. However I want the 2nd column to be edited like this: 14.036 to fx14 (notice the number in fx14 comes from the first two digits of 14.036)

BEFORE:
Code:
aran24352	14.036	14.036
aran08740	07.034	07.032
aran76153	17.199	17.197
aran76513	01.064	01.064
aran54894	04.209	04.207


AFTER:
Code:
aran24352	fx14
aran08740	fx07
aran76153	fx17
aran76513	fx01
aran54894	fx04

Could anyone help me please?
Thank you!
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 09-30-2013 at 04:27 PM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 09-30-2013
Code:
awk '{split($2,a,".");print $1" fx"a[1]}' file

aran24352 fx14
aran08740 fx07
aran76153 fx17
aran76513 fx01
aran54894 fx04

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# 3  
Old 09-30-2013
Thank you! Smilie
# 4  
Old 09-30-2013
Try also
Code:
awk '{printf "%s\tfx%02d\n", $1, $2}' file
aran24352    fx14
aran08740    fx07
aran76153    fx17
aran76513    fx01
aran54894    fx04

 
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