I'd like to know how to perform arithmetic on multiple files. I have got many tab-delimited files. Each file contains about 2000 rows and 2000 columns.
What I want to do is to to sum the values in each row & column in every file.
You want to sum per file or you want the total from all files?
Could please post a sample from your input files (1-2 records, the exact fields) and the expected output?
I need to divide the number of white spaces by total number of characters in a file using bash. I am able to get the number of white spaces correctly using:
tr -cd < afile | wc -c
I am also able to get the total number of characters using:
wc -c afile
How do I divide the first... (2 Replies)
I have a fundamental question on C pointer arithmetry..
Suppose i have a c string pointer already pointing to a valid location, Can I just do a
charptr = charptr +1;
to get to the next location, irregardless if my program is 32 or 64 bits?
or should i do it this way:
charptr =... (1 Reply)
Hello,
Could someone explain how this one is possible:
# @ x = 10 - 11 + 3
# echo $x
-4
I know that writing script using csh is bad idea, but I need to write few lines.
thanks
Vilius (2 Replies)
Hello Experts,
In my shell I need to perform some simple subtraction on a value returned as a result of the "wc" command. The code:
scanFromLine="100" ## This is returned as string as a result of some operation
totalLines=`wc -l "${latestLogFile}" | awk '{print $1}'` ## eg: 200
... (2 Replies)
Hi Friends,
please advise on shell script to add two time stamps
for example :
a=12:32
b=12:00
c=a+b=00:32
please help me to find shell script to add to two time stamps, as i need to convert time from EST to GMT or SST to prepare status of jobs in unix and to specify estimated time to... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I have a list of 'inputs' and i want to convert those on the second list named 'Desired Outputs', but i don't know how to do it?
Inputs Desired Outputs
1 2
94 4
276 8
369 10
464 12 ... (0 Replies)
Yes I know tcsh sucks for scripting and arithmetic but I have to write a script for multiple users and they all use tcsh.
I have this variable that I 'set' with but pulling numbers off of stings with
set STUFF = `grep string file | awk command`
Now I would like to add up the numbers that... (4 Replies)
I am using egrep to extract numbers from a file and storing them as variables in a script. But I am not able to do any arithmetic operations on the variables using "expr" because it stores them as char and not integers. Here is my code and the error I get. Any help will be appreciated.
#!/bin/sh... (3 Replies)
Folks,
I am wondering that i can use something like this in one line.
For example, $((cat filename > wc -l) / 2)
It doesn't work; how to get it work using command substitution?
Moreover, is there any option for wc -l not to return filename after the line counts?
wc -l filename would... (3 Replies)
Can anyone help please. I am writing a kourne shell script and I am unsure how to do the following:
I have extracted a time string from a logfile, and I have another time string I want to compare it to to see if it's later than the time I'm comparing with.
i.e. expectedSLA="23:00:00", ... (2 Replies)