Combining regex awk and bc












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I have a text file containing single line numbers such as "123 2345 432 487 11". I want to take logarithm (ln) of each number and save it as a text file.
I tried but could not combine bc -l command and awk. Dou you know how can I implement it?



awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) $i = l($i) | bc -l }' text.txt





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    What have you tried and what exactly did not work?
    – Socowi
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  • awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) $i = l($i) | bc -l }' text.txt
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I have a text file containing single line numbers such as "123 2345 432 487 11". I want to take logarithm (ln) of each number and save it as a text file.
I tried but could not combine bc -l command and awk. Dou you know how can I implement it?



awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) $i = l($i) | bc -l }' text.txt





bash unix







share|improve this question




















  • 4




    What have you tried and what exactly did not work?
    – Socowi
    Nov 22 at 22:41










  • awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) $i = l($i) | bc -l }' text.txt
    – Yansı Cengiz
    Nov 23 at 10:20














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I have a text file containing single line numbers such as "123 2345 432 487 11". I want to take logarithm (ln) of each number and save it as a text file.
I tried but could not combine bc -l command and awk. Dou you know how can I implement it?



awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) $i = l($i) | bc -l }' text.txt





bash unix







share|improve this question















I have a text file containing single line numbers such as "123 2345 432 487 11". I want to take logarithm (ln) of each number and save it as a text file.
I tried but could not combine bc -l command and awk. Dou you know how can I implement it?



awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) $i = l($i) | bc -l }' text.txt





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  • 4




    What have you tried and what exactly did not work?
    – Socowi
    Nov 22 at 22:41










  • awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) $i = l($i) | bc -l }' text.txt
    – Yansı Cengiz
    Nov 23 at 10:20














  • 4




    What have you tried and what exactly did not work?
    – Socowi
    Nov 22 at 22:41










  • awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) $i = l($i) | bc -l }' text.txt
    – Yansı Cengiz
    Nov 23 at 10:20








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What have you tried and what exactly did not work?
– Socowi
Nov 22 at 22:41




What have you tried and what exactly did not work?
– Socowi
Nov 22 at 22:41












awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) $i = l($i) | bc -l }' text.txt
– Yansı Cengiz
Nov 23 at 10:20




awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) $i = l($i) | bc -l }' text.txt
– Yansı Cengiz
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You don't really need bc since awk has a perfectly good "log" function:



awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)print log($i)}' input.txt


If you want to see the values with more precision, use printf instead of print. Eg:



awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)printf "%.12fn",log($i)}' input.txt


If you really want to use bc, you can do this without awk by fabricating the input to bc with, for example, the shell printf command (which is similar but not the same as the awk printf command; one big difference is that the shell command repeats the format until it runs out of arguments):



printf "l(%s);n" $(<input.txt) | bc -l


or, if input.txt has a lot of data



xargs printf "l(%s);n" <input.txt | bc -l





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    Try this:



    awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)system("echo l\("$i"\)|bc -l")}' input.txt > output.txt


    Which outputs:



    4.81218435537241749526
    
7.76004068088037973937
    
6.06842558824411031185
    
6.18826412308258979072
    
2.39789527279837054406





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      You don't really need bc since awk has a perfectly good "log" function:



      awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)print log($i)}' input.txt


      If you want to see the values with more precision, use printf instead of print. Eg:



      awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)printf "%.12fn",log($i)}' input.txt


      If you really want to use bc, you can do this without awk by fabricating the input to bc with, for example, the shell printf command (which is similar but not the same as the awk printf command; one big difference is that the shell command repeats the format until it runs out of arguments):



      printf "l(%s);n" $(<input.txt) | bc -l


      or, if input.txt has a lot of data



      xargs printf "l(%s);n" <input.txt | bc -l





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        You don't really need bc since awk has a perfectly good "log" function:



        awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)print log($i)}' input.txt


        If you want to see the values with more precision, use printf instead of print. Eg:



        awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)printf "%.12fn",log($i)}' input.txt


        If you really want to use bc, you can do this without awk by fabricating the input to bc with, for example, the shell printf command (which is similar but not the same as the awk printf command; one big difference is that the shell command repeats the format until it runs out of arguments):



        printf "l(%s);n" $(<input.txt) | bc -l


        or, if input.txt has a lot of data



        xargs printf "l(%s);n" <input.txt | bc -l





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          You don't really need bc since awk has a perfectly good "log" function:



          awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)print log($i)}' input.txt


          If you want to see the values with more precision, use printf instead of print. Eg:



          awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)printf "%.12fn",log($i)}' input.txt


          If you really want to use bc, you can do this without awk by fabricating the input to bc with, for example, the shell printf command (which is similar but not the same as the awk printf command; one big difference is that the shell command repeats the format until it runs out of arguments):



          printf "l(%s);n" $(<input.txt) | bc -l


          or, if input.txt has a lot of data



          xargs printf "l(%s);n" <input.txt | bc -l





          share|improve this answer












          You don't really need bc since awk has a perfectly good "log" function:



          awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)print log($i)}' input.txt


          If you want to see the values with more precision, use printf instead of print. Eg:



          awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)printf "%.12fn",log($i)}' input.txt


          If you really want to use bc, you can do this without awk by fabricating the input to bc with, for example, the shell printf command (which is similar but not the same as the awk printf command; one big difference is that the shell command repeats the format until it runs out of arguments):



          printf "l(%s);n" $(<input.txt) | bc -l


          or, if input.txt has a lot of data



          xargs printf "l(%s);n" <input.txt | bc -l






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              Try this:



              awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)system("echo l\("$i"\)|bc -l")}' input.txt > output.txt


              Which outputs:



              4.81218435537241749526
              
7.76004068088037973937
              
6.06842558824411031185
              
6.18826412308258979072
              
2.39789527279837054406





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                Try this:



                awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)system("echo l\("$i"\)|bc -l")}' input.txt > output.txt


                Which outputs:



                4.81218435537241749526
                
7.76004068088037973937
                
6.06842558824411031185
                
6.18826412308258979072
                
2.39789527279837054406





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                  Try this:



                  awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)system("echo l\("$i"\)|bc -l")}' input.txt > output.txt


                  Which outputs:



                  4.81218435537241749526
                  
7.76004068088037973937
                  
6.06842558824411031185
                  
6.18826412308258979072
                  
2.39789527279837054406





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                  Try this:



                  awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)system("echo l\("$i"\)|bc -l")}' input.txt > output.txt


                  Which outputs:



                  4.81218435537241749526
                  
7.76004068088037973937
                  
6.06842558824411031185
                  
6.18826412308258979072
                  
2.39789527279837054406






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