how to add 2 float values to each other?
i tried this and it doesnt work:
#!bin/bash
numone=1.234
numtwo=0.124
total=`expr $numone + $numtwo`
echo $total
thanks (5 Replies)
Hello, I have a file, and one column has both positive and negative numbers. Does anyone know how I can calculate the total of all the values (i.e, +ve and -ve).
eg:
col1 col2 col3
data 23 data
data 76 data
data -30 data
Thanks
Khoom (1 Reply)
i have a list of numbers like this;
124
235
764
782
765
451
983
909
...
and i want to make a sum with the first 3 of them then the next 3 and so on.
124+235+764=1123
782+765+451=1998
...
some ideas? (4 Replies)
Hi this is quite a simple question... I am new to LINUX/UNIX and so I am just trying to create a very basic program. The idea is that when the user runs the program (from the shell) they enter 3 values and the program will add them up:
"./sum 23 5 1
29"
my code for this program is as follows:
... (4 Replies)
Hi
I figured how to add my list of numbers. However how do I count so that after a certain number it lists the line.
Example:
12 test1
46 test2
195 test3
174 test4
634 test5
185 test6
94 test7
So basically add the numbers and when the addition reaches 300 or less
print the... (8 Replies)
is there another way of doing the below:
echo "7 3 8 2 2 1 3 83.4 8.2 4 8 73 90.5" | bc
shell is bash. os is linux and sunos.
bc seems to have an issue with long range of numbers (12 Replies)
I have a file which has following contents which I want to add up.
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
139038.72
139038.72
139038.72
139038.72 (5 Replies)
Hello. Trying to add a column of numbers and combine the 1st and 2nd fields as uniq with the new total.
This works to add the numbers but can't figure an easy was to combine the 1st and 2nd column as the list is very long. awk '{s+=$3} END {print s}'
bird dog 300
bird dog 100
cat clown 200... (1 Reply)
Hi again. Sorry for all the questions — I've tried to do all this myself but I'm just not good enough yet, and the help I've received so far from bartus11 has been absolutely invaluable. Hopefully this will be the last bit of file manipulation I need to do.
I have a file which is formatted as... (4 Replies)
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print
print(1) User Commands print(1)NAME
print - shell built-in function to output characters to the screen or window
SYNOPSIS
ksh
print [ -Rnprsu [n]] [arg...]
DESCRIPTION
ksh
The shell output mechanism. With no flags or with flag - or -, the arguments are printed on standard output as described by echo(1).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-n suppresses new-line from being added to the output.
-R
-r (raw mode) ignore the escape conventions of echo. The -R option will print all subsequent arguments and options other than
-n.
-p causes the arguments to be written onto the pipe of the process spawned with |& instead of standard output.
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