Addition of all the numbers in a single file

chinni-script · April 2, 2009, 1:28pm

Hi All ,

Want to know the "sum" of all the digits in below file called "/sample" .Could some one please let me know the script either command .

cat /sample
12
34
23
23

Best Regards,
Chinni .

jim_mcnamara · April 2, 2009, 1:40pm

awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}' ./sample

vgersh99 · April 2, 2009, 1:43pm

echo `sed -e 's/$/+/' /sample` 0 | bc
# OR
echo `tr '\n' '+' < /sample` 0 |bc

radoulov · April 2, 2009, 1:48pm

Or:

paste -sd+ sample|bc

cfajohnson · April 4, 2009, 10:23pm

printf "%d\n" $(( `tr -s '\n' '+' < /sample` 0 ))

chinni-script · April 5, 2009, 8:46am

Thank you very much for all ,who replied to my query .Its my first posting and really impresive looking all u r reponce .Sincere thanks to the person who started this forum .

-Chinni