Reputation: 419
original file :
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 "%.6f\t",$3'}
but the output is not what I want
result :
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
Upvotes: 0
Views: 275
Reputation: 11246
Print adds a newline on the end of printed strings, whereas printf by default doesn't. This means a newline is added after every second field and none is added after the third.
You can use printf for the whole string and manually add a newline.
Also I'm not sure why you are adding a tab to the end of the lines, so i removed that
awk '{printf "%s %d %.6f\n",$1,$2,$3}' file
a|||a 2 0.111111
a|||book 1 0.055556
a|||is 2 0.111111
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 36282
Your print()
is adding a newline character. Include your third field inside it, but formatted. Try with sprintf()
function, like:
awk '{print $1,$2, sprintf("%.6f", $3)}' infile
That yields:
a|||a 2 0.111111
a|||book 1 0.055556
a|||is 2 0.111111
Upvotes: 1