Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > roland hellström wrote: > > > > OK! I finally figured out the solution for all you people out > > the eager to hear it!!! > > it was infact very very similar to the last line I sent... > this is it > > sed 's/\([^\.]*\).\([^,]*\),\([^\.]*\).\([^e]*\)e\(.*\)/\1,\2 > > \& $\3,\4 \\cdot 10^{\5}$\\\\/' > > > > omg I feel so h4xx0r figuring that out myself lol > > Thx for the help all :) > > I am surprised you got it all in 1 regex, I was aiming more for: > > sed 's/,/ & /;s/\./,/;s/\(.*\)e\(.*\)/\1 \\cdot 10^{\2}/' whoops, I made a mistake: sed 's/,/ \& /;s/\./,/g;s/\(.*\)e\(.*\)/\1 \\cdot 10^{\2}\$\\\\/' You need the 'g' option in the second substitute to perform a global, and of course the proper cdot expression. -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos