need help with scripting

BUFFER_HIT_RATIO=`grep 'Result1' $TMP01 | awk '{print $5}' -`
its output is 99.9977821

How do i cut the first 2 lines out and pass it to result1 rather then 99.9977821?? cut -c1-c3?

thanks
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I only see one line here. Show us more of your script and also what version of unix you are running.

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