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Old 02-11-2008
Displaying Number with printf
I am trying to display a number with commas
Code:
printf "%d\n" 323232     
printf "%d\n" 1234567

I want the output to be:
Code:
323,232     
1,234,567

I tried to change %d to other formats and could find the solution.
any idea?
# 2  
Old 02-11-2008
printf C vs Shell
I suspect you are trying to use the ANSI C syntax for printf - I haven't done this for a while, but looking through the man page on my Ubuntu GG dosnt suggest any solution to your problem.

Shell version of printf seems to only allow for strings with a minimum of formatting.
# 3  
Old 02-11-2008
mybe other command ?
I am willing to use other solution like awk / sed
# 4  
Old 02-11-2008
try this

echo 1234 | sed -e :a -e 's/\(.*[0-9]\)\([0-9]\{3\}\)/\1,\2/;ta'
# 5  
Old 02-11-2008
With some versions of ksh (not too old ksh93):

Code:
$ LC_NUMERIC=en_GB printf "%'d\n" 1000000
1,000,000

# 6  
Old 02-11-2008
works good, thanks
Do yo have a solution within awk ?
# 7  
Old 02-11-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by quintet
try this

echo 1234 | sed -e :a -e 's/\(.*[0-9]\)\([0-9]\{3\}\)/\1,\2/;ta'
I found a nicer option (still in sed Smilie )
echo 1234 | sed ':a;s/\([[:digit:]]\)\([[:digit:]]\{3\}\b\)/\1,\2/g;ta'
 
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