Addition of all the numbers in a single file

chinni-script · #1 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

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 .

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

Code:

awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}' ./sample

vgersh99 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

Code:

echo `sed -e 's/$/+/' /sample` 0 | bc
# OR
echo `tr '\n' '+' < /sample` 0 |bc

radoulov · #4 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

Or:

Code:

paste -sd+ sample|bc

cfajohnson · #5 (**permalink**) 04-04-2009

Code:

printf "%d\n" $(( `tr -s '\n' '+' < /sample` 0 ))

chinni-script · #6 (**permalink**) 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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