awk: negative exponential is not correctly interpreted
问题 I have this table: a 0 b 0 c 1.6149e-315 d 5.2587e-265 e 8.2045e-227 f 8.2045e-227 If I type $awk '($2<1){print}' my_file.txt it returns a 0 b 0 d 5.2587e-265 e 8.2045e-227 f 8.2045e-227 but it considers the value in the third row, 1.6149e-315, to be larger than 1: $awk '($2>1){print}' my_file.txt c 1.6149e-315 Which is the reason for this behaviour? Is a negative exponential <1e-300 too small so it removes the "e-" part? It looks so, since $awk '($2>1.6149){print}' my_file.txt c 1.6149e-315