Re: Commify function regex in Perl vs sed

why not:

$ printf "%'f" -987654321.12345
-987,654,321.123450
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Re^2: Commify function regex in Perl vs sed by LanX (Saint) on Sep 21, 2025 at 09:42 UTC
Nota bene: this is a GNU util not Perl's `printf` it depends on locale. I needed a prior `export LC_NUMERIC=en_US.utf8` to make this work, otherwise the decimal point is causing an `invalid number` error. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l] [select]