From: Michelle DeVault (adsmigmo@YAHOO.COM)
Date: Fri Oct 18 2002 - 16:44:22 EDT
Thanks, this was what I was looking for.
--- Paul LaMadeleine <plamadeleine@LIGHTBRIDGE.COM>
wrote:
> I like doing it this way:
>
> Sum=`awk '{sum+=$1} END{print sum}' file`
>
> or in a stream by
>
> Sum=`generate stream | awk '{sum+=$1}
> END{print sum}'`
>
> for example to get the size of all file in a
> directory that begin with the
> letter a:
>
> size=`ls -l a* | awk '{sum+=$5} END{print
> sum}'
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Paul
>
> At 12:31 PM 10/18/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >I have a column of numbers (either in a variable or
> >written to a file) that I need to total in a
> script.
> >What's the preferred way to do this?
> >
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