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Hi all,

I am looking to find the size of the database by counting all the used pages.

1. I have a file which reads like below
16384 4750850
32768 165
The first column is the pagesize and the second column is the number of pages associated.

So what i am trying is to do is read the file and put the values in 4 variables A,B,C,D....if A = 16384 then E = $A * $B(4750850)

So how do i read 16384 into A and so on....

thanks in advance

Are you familiar with awk?
You could try

Code:

awk '{print $1" x "$2" = "$1*$2}' filename

$1 would be the first field, $2 would be the second, etc.

can you guide me in reading those values into variables...like putting 16384 into A and 32XXX into B etc

Code:

awk '{A=$1;B=$2;print A" x "B" = "A*B}' filename

How can i get the grand total?

awk '{A=$1;B=$2;print A" x "B" = "A*B}' out
16384 x 4750850 = 7.78379e+10
32768 x 165 = 5406720


Looking for a total ( 7.7XXXX + 5406720)

Code:

awk '{A=$1;B=$2;C=C+A*B;print A" x "B" = "A*B};END{print "Total = "C}' filename

you rock bud...thnx a ton