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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting awk variables Post 302269354 by npatwardhan on Wednesday 17th of December 2008 12:48:01 PM
Old 12-17-2008
ok ignore my last message..i realized what my mistake was..
with this:

Code:
awk '/,1,/ {j++} {sum+=$3} {average=sum/j}  END {print average}' 1.spd > test

i get:
Code:
awk: (FILENAME=1.spd FNR=1) fatal: division by zero attempted

whats wrong here?
 

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spd-conf

SPD-CONF(1)						      General Commands Manual						       SPD-CONF(1)

NAME

       spd-conf - A simple tool for basic configuration of Speech Dispatcher and problem diagnostics

SYNOPSIS

       spd-conf [options]

DESCRIPTION

       spd-conf is a simple tool for basic configuration of Speech Dispatcher and problem diagnostics

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      show this help message and exit

       -e, --espeak
	      Use espeak to synthesize messages

       --test-festival
	      Test whether Festival works as a server

       -s, --test-spd-say
	      Test connection to Speech Dispatcher using spd-say

       --test-pulse
	      Test Pulse Audio

       -c, --config-basic-settings-user
	      Configure basic settings in user configuration

       -u, --create-user-conf
	      Create Speech Dispatcher configuration for the given user

       -C, --config-basic-settings-system
	      Configure basic settings in system-wide configuration

       -n, --dont-ask
	      Do not ask any questions, always use default values

       --test-alsa
	      Test ALSA audio

       --test-espeak
	      Test whether Espeak works as a standalone binary

       -d, --diagnostics
	      Diagnose problems with the current setup

       -D, --debug
	      Debug a problem and generate a report

AUTHOR

       spd-conf was written by Hynek Hanke <hanke@brailcom.org>. The webpage for this package can be found at http://www.freebsoft.org/speechd.

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								  August 24, 2009						       SPD-CONF(1)
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