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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4294- December 13, 2012 - Home : Help : Today's Tip
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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LAST 5 TIPS
4293 - CHMOD FILES NOT DIRS
4292 - FIND/REPLACE RECURSIVELY
4291 - TAIL WITH COLOR
4290 - MERGING TWO FILES
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