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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4294- December 13, 2012
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 Unix Tip #4294- December 13, 2012
 
ADDING COLUMNS QUICKLY  
  
If you have a file with multiple  
columns  
  
1 5  
5 7  
2 7  
9 2  
  
and you want to add up a  
specific column, the following  
command can be used:  
  
  
$ awk -v col=2 '{ total += $col } END { print total }' FILENAME  
  
Where "col=2" is the second column in the file.  
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 4293
 - CHMOD FILES NOT DIRS
 4292
 - FIND/REPLACE RECURSIVELY
 4291
 - TAIL WITH COLOR
 4290
 - MERGING TWO FILES
 4289
 - BACKING UP PASSWORDS
 
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