UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

To display the echoes of your "USAGE" function when the
number of parameters is not equal to 2 (two):

Code:

if [ ${#} -ne 2 ]; then
  USAGE
  exit
fi

Thank you that worked great!

Now how about if I want to add to this script.

I want the script to also grab a number from a different report so:
cat different report | grep $2 | nawk -F, '{print $17}'

Then I would like the results to show up next to the first result. THEN I would like another column that shows the difference between the two numbers.

How can I do this?

THank you!

hi just wondering if anyone had a chance to look at this and help me.

Thankyou

Can you show your input and output required?

Thank you for the reply.

Here is my current script:

if [ ${#} -ne 2 ]; then
echo "\nUSAGE: report_1.ksh < report_1 name> [ switch short name ] \
n"
exit
fi

cat $1 | grep $2 | nawk -F"," '{tmp+=$10} END {print tmp}'

This is what I want to add to the script:

cat report_2 | grep $2 | nawk -F, '{print $17}'

I also want to add the results from the orignial script plus the results from what I want to add to be in two seperate columns. Then I want a 3rd colum to show me the difference of the two columns.

Thank you for any help!