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# 1  
Old 10-09-2013
Sum of numbers in three or more files
I have files :
cat file1
Code:
15
88
44
667
33
4

cat file2
Code:
445 66 77 3  56

Last edited by Natalie; 10-10-2013 at 10:52 PM..
# 2  
Old 10-09-2013
Code:
awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)t+=$i} END {print t}' file1 file2 file3

# 3  
Old 10-09-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by jethrow
Code:
awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)t+=$i} END {print t}' file1 file2 file3

is it possible to do it without awk?? Just to add smth to my my code?
# 4  
Old 10-10-2013
Not a fan of awk?
Code:
for f in file1 file2 file3; do
	while read line || [ -n "$line" ]; do
		for num in $line; do
			(( t += num ))
		done
	done < $f
done
echo $t

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# 5  
Old 10-10-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by jethrow
Not a fan of awk?
Code:
for f in file1 file2 file3; do
    while read line || [ -n "$line" ]; do
        for num in $line; do
            (( t += num ))
        done
    done < $f
done
echo $t

Lol yes not fan Smilie what about echo 5 6 | sh my_code?
# 6  
Old 10-10-2013
script.ksh
for num in `cat $*`;do((t+=num));done;echo $t
... or ...
awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)t+=$i} END {print t}' $*

Code:
echo 5 6 | sh script.ksh

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Natalie
# 7  
Old 10-10-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by jethrow
script.ksh
for num in `cat $*`;do((t+=num));done;echo $t
... or ...
awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)t+=$i} END {print t}' $*

Code:
echo 5 6 | sh script.ksh

Thank youSmilie
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