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Old 04-02-2009
Addition of all the numbers in a single file
Hi All ,


Want to know the "sum" of all the digits in below file called "/sample" .Could some one please let me know the script either command .

cat /sample
12
34
23
23

Best Regards,
Chinni .
# 2  
Old 04-02-2009
Code:
awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}' ./sample

# 3  
Old 04-02-2009
Code:
echo `sed -e 's/$/+/' /sample` 0 | bc
# OR
echo `tr '\n' '+' < /sample` 0 |bc

# 4  
Old 04-02-2009
Or:

Code:
paste -sd+ sample|bc

# 5  
Old 04-04-2009
Code:
printf "%d\n" $(( `tr -s '\n' '+' < /sample` 0 ))

# 6  
Old 04-05-2009
Thank you very much for all ,who replied to my query .Its my first posting and really impresive looking all u r reponce .Sincere thanks to the person who started this forum .

-Chinni
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