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Old 05-24-2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maskot
It does work if the f2 is actually on field 2 but its is on field 23 so to speak.
File do look like this:
Col10 51 Col23 11


Col10=10 space Col 23=23spaces
If you have only two fields separated by spaces, then use awk
Code:
a=$(( cost + $( awk ' { print $2 } ' file) ))