Find the largest positive number in my given data?
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Can someone show me a way to find the largest positive number using awk,sed or some sort of unix shell program. Im using Linux RHEL with KSH. The input may have 8 columns worth of data with N/A as one of the possible values.
SAMPLE INPUT
1252.2 1251.8 N/A N/A
-31.9 -33.2 N/A N/A
-1172.4 -1174.4 N/A N/A
-6.5 -6.4 N/A N/A
-.3 -.3 N/A N/A
1351.8 1351.8 N/A N/A
38.3 38.0 N/A N/A
-21.6 -21.9 N/A N/A
-4.7 -4.5 N/A N/A
-5.0 -2.9 N/A N/A
3.1 3.3 N/A N/A
-20.1 -20.3 N/A N/A
-199.1 -199.3 N/A N/A
346.5 346.7 N/A N/A
-.8 -.4 N/A N/A
14.8 14.7 N/A N/A
8.4 8.4 N/A N/A
-18.2 -18.2 N/A N/A
-43.7 -43.6 N/A N/A
Desired output
Largest number is 1351.8
shell-script awk sed ksh
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Can someone show me a way to find the largest positive number using awk,sed or some sort of unix shell program. Im using Linux RHEL with KSH. The input may have 8 columns worth of data with N/A as one of the possible values.
SAMPLE INPUT
1252.2 1251.8 N/A N/A
-31.9 -33.2 N/A N/A
-1172.4 -1174.4 N/A N/A
-6.5 -6.4 N/A N/A
-.3 -.3 N/A N/A
1351.8 1351.8 N/A N/A
38.3 38.0 N/A N/A
-21.6 -21.9 N/A N/A
-4.7 -4.5 N/A N/A
-5.0 -2.9 N/A N/A
3.1 3.3 N/A N/A
-20.1 -20.3 N/A N/A
-199.1 -199.3 N/A N/A
346.5 346.7 N/A N/A
-.8 -.4 N/A N/A
14.8 14.7 N/A N/A
8.4 8.4 N/A N/A
-18.2 -18.2 N/A N/A
-43.7 -43.6 N/A N/A
Desired output
Largest number is 1351.8
shell-script awk sed ksh
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Can someone show me a way to find the largest positive number using awk,sed or some sort of unix shell program. Im using Linux RHEL with KSH. The input may have 8 columns worth of data with N/A as one of the possible values.
SAMPLE INPUT
1252.2 1251.8 N/A N/A
-31.9 -33.2 N/A N/A
-1172.4 -1174.4 N/A N/A
-6.5 -6.4 N/A N/A
-.3 -.3 N/A N/A
1351.8 1351.8 N/A N/A
38.3 38.0 N/A N/A
-21.6 -21.9 N/A N/A
-4.7 -4.5 N/A N/A
-5.0 -2.9 N/A N/A
3.1 3.3 N/A N/A
-20.1 -20.3 N/A N/A
-199.1 -199.3 N/A N/A
346.5 346.7 N/A N/A
-.8 -.4 N/A N/A
14.8 14.7 N/A N/A
8.4 8.4 N/A N/A
-18.2 -18.2 N/A N/A
-43.7 -43.6 N/A N/A
Desired output
Largest number is 1351.8
shell-script awk sed ksh
asked 13 mins ago
ayrton_sennaayrton_senna
5122419
Can someone show me a way to find the largest positive number using awk,sed or some sort of unix shell program. Im using Linux RHEL with KSH. The input may have 8 columns worth of data with N/A as one of the possible values.
SAMPLE INPUT
1252.2 1251.8 N/A N/A
-31.9 -33.2 N/A N/A
-1172.4 -1174.4 N/A N/A
-6.5 -6.4 N/A N/A
-.3 -.3 N/A N/A
1351.8 1351.8 N/A N/A
38.3 38.0 N/A N/A
-21.6 -21.9 N/A N/A
-4.7 -4.5 N/A N/A
-5.0 -2.9 N/A N/A
3.1 3.3 N/A N/A
-20.1 -20.3 N/A N/A
-199.1 -199.3 N/A N/A
346.5 346.7 N/A N/A
-.8 -.4 N/A N/A
14.8 14.7 N/A N/A
8.4 8.4 N/A N/A
-18.2 -18.2 N/A N/A
-43.7 -43.6 N/A N/A
Desired output
Largest number is 1351.8
shell-script awk sed ksh
shell-script awk sed ksh
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One way can be:
perl -lane '$_>$m and $m=$_ for @F}{print $m' sample.txt
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One way can be:
perl -lane '$_>$m and $m=$_ for @F}{print $m' sample.txt
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One way can be:
perl -lane '$_>$m and $m=$_ for @F}{print $m' sample.txt
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One way can be:
perl -lane '$_>$m and $m=$_ for @F}{print $m' sample.txt
answered 5 mins ago
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One way can be:
perl -lane '$_>$m and $m=$_ for @F}{print $m' sample.txt
answered 5 mins ago
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answered 5 mins ago
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