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I have a list of the following data in a file



    -0.3476890000000000
0.0743938333333333
-1.0990240000000000
0.0743938333333333
-0.2169100000000000
0.0879397500000000


and I am trying to align all data so to have



    -0.347689000000000
0.0743938333333333
-1.099024000000000
0.0743938333333333
-0.216910000000000
0.0879397500000000


unfortunately I couldn't make it with awk '{printf "%18sn, $1}'. The ideal is to have an output like this



   -0.3476890000000000
0.0743938333333333
-1.0990240000000000
0.0743938333333333
-0.2169100000000000
0.0879397500000000









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    I have a list of the following data in a file



        -0.3476890000000000
    0.0743938333333333
    -1.0990240000000000
    0.0743938333333333
    -0.2169100000000000
    0.0879397500000000


    and I am trying to align all data so to have



        -0.347689000000000
    0.0743938333333333
    -1.099024000000000
    0.0743938333333333
    -0.216910000000000
    0.0879397500000000


    unfortunately I couldn't make it with awk '{printf "%18sn, $1}'. The ideal is to have an output like this



       -0.3476890000000000
    0.0743938333333333
    -1.0990240000000000
    0.0743938333333333
    -0.2169100000000000
    0.0879397500000000









    share|improve this question

























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      I have a list of the following data in a file



          -0.3476890000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -1.0990240000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -0.2169100000000000
      0.0879397500000000


      and I am trying to align all data so to have



          -0.347689000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -1.099024000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -0.216910000000000
      0.0879397500000000


      unfortunately I couldn't make it with awk '{printf "%18sn, $1}'. The ideal is to have an output like this



         -0.3476890000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -1.0990240000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -0.2169100000000000
      0.0879397500000000









      share|improve this question













      I have a list of the following data in a file



          -0.3476890000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -1.0990240000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -0.2169100000000000
      0.0879397500000000


      and I am trying to align all data so to have



          -0.347689000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -1.099024000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -0.216910000000000
      0.0879397500000000


      unfortunately I couldn't make it with awk '{printf "%18sn, $1}'. The ideal is to have an output like this



         -0.3476890000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -1.0990240000000000
      0.0743938333333333
      -0.2169100000000000
      0.0879397500000000






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          Maybe too small a field width. Try



          awk '{printf "%19sn", $1}' file
          -0.3476890000000000
          0.0743938333333333
          -1.0990240000000000
          0.0743938333333333
          -0.2169100000000000
          0.0879397500000000




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            Maybe too small a field width. Try



            awk '{printf "%19sn", $1}' file
            -0.3476890000000000
            0.0743938333333333
            -1.0990240000000000
            0.0743938333333333
            -0.2169100000000000
            0.0879397500000000




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              Maybe too small a field width. Try



              awk '{printf "%19sn", $1}' file
              -0.3476890000000000
              0.0743938333333333
              -1.0990240000000000
              0.0743938333333333
              -0.2169100000000000
              0.0879397500000000




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                Maybe too small a field width. Try



                awk '{printf "%19sn", $1}' file
                -0.3476890000000000
                0.0743938333333333
                -1.0990240000000000
                0.0743938333333333
                -0.2169100000000000
                0.0879397500000000




                share












                Maybe too small a field width. Try



                awk '{printf "%19sn", $1}' file
                -0.3476890000000000
                0.0743938333333333
                -1.0990240000000000
                0.0743938333333333
                -0.2169100000000000
                0.0879397500000000





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