[preetikate]

echo $LINE | awk '{print $3}' is 97% but I want only 97 for computation... how do i extract " % "

[preetikate]

I mean I want 97 only and not % sign with it for computation

[spvijay]

Try
echo $line | awk '{print $3}' | cut -d"%" -f1

Thanx
Vijay

[aigles]

echo $LINE | awk '{sub(/%/,"",$3) ; print $3}'

[preetikate]

what is f1 for?
Thanks anyways..

[aigles]

cut -d"%" -f1

-d"%" Specify field delimitor as "%"
-f1 Get field 1