replace dot with comma in number format

Question

hi...

how to change number format

from XXXXXX.XXX to XXXXXX,XXX

using sed

thaks

Answer 1

you could do this:

$ echo "XXX.XX" | sed s/\\./,/g

ps: wouldn't that question fit better on superuser.com?

Answer 2

I think

s/\./,/g

should serve what u want... unless u want something more special...

Answer 3

Since the question is also tagged awk:

awk 'gsub(/\./,",")||1'

Answer 4

if you have bash/ksh etc

var=XXX.XXX
echo ${var/./,}