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The number commands converts formatted numeric values such as 1,234.56 to unformatted values on which arithmetic operations can be correctly performed, such as 1234.56. Numbers formatted using US/UK English format (comma thousands separator, full-stop decimal separator) or European format (full-stop thousands separator, comma decimal separator).


See also: money



Flag

Req'd?

Description

-f fieldlist

No

Specifies a comma-separated list of field indices identifying the fields in the input which will be converted. If none are specified, conversion will be attempted on all fields.

-fmt format

No

Format to convert from. Must be one of EN (US/UK English, the default, or EU (European).

-ec

No

Treat conversion failure as an error. Normally, if conversion cannot be performed, the original value is used on output.

-es str

No

If conversion fails, use the string str as the output value.



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