Difference between revisions of "Printf formatting"
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# echo "8.46145e+09" | awk '{ printf ("%.0f\n",$1) }' | # echo "8.46145e+09" | awk '{ printf ("%.0f\n",$1) }' | ||
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where the %.0f does the work... 0 is for 0 decimal places, f = floating point | where the %.0f does the work... 0 is for 0 decimal places, f = floating point |
Latest revision as of 05:14, 10 January 2014
if you want information overload...go here http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/commands/builtin/printf
simple column width formatting + justification
$ printf "%10s%10s\n" "foo" "bar" foo bar
$ printf "%-10s%10s\n" "foo" "bar" kkkj foo bar
$ printf "%10s%-10s\n" "foo" "bar" foobar
$ printf "%-10s%-10s\n" "foo" "bar" foo bar
scientific notation to decimal conversion
# echo "8.46145e+09" | awk '{ printf ("%.0f\n",$1) }' 8461450000
where the %.0f does the work... 0 is for 0 decimal places, f = floating point