sidhekin@blackbox:~$ perl -le 'for (@ARGV) { y/./,/;s/\d(?=(\d{3})+(,|$))/$&./g;print }' 1234567.89 234567.89 1234567 234567 1.234.567,89 234.567,89 1.234.567 234.567 sidhekin@blackbox:~$