original file :
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x
a|||a 2 0.111111
a|||book 1 0.0555556
a|||is 2 0.111111
now i need to control third columns with 6 decimal space
after i tried awk {'print $1,$2; printf "%.6ft",$3'}
but the output is not what I want
result :
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a|||a 2
0.111111 a|||book 1
0.055556 a|||is 2
that’s weird , how can I do that will just modify third columns
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Answer
Your print()
is adding a newline character. Include your third field inside it, but formatted. Try with sprintf()
function, like:
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awk '{print $1,$2, sprintf("%.6f", $3)}' infile
That yields:
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a|||a 2 0.111111
a|||book 1 0.055556
a|||is 2 0.111111