adding lines from files 1

[scooter6]

I need to write a script to add the one-line value of several files and put the total of the addition into another file.

For example, I have 10 files named errlog.box1
errlog.box2
errlog.box3 ...,etc

each file only contains a number...so, suppose if I do a more on errlog.box1 and it shows 532
more on errlog.box2 and it shows 147
more on errlog.box3 and it shows 312

I need a way to create a file called errlog.total that will
ONLY have the total of the other 3 files..in this case, it should only show one line that says 991

any help is greatly appreciated

thanks

 

[patel]

Hi Scooter,
Here is example for two file.
Try this on command line it works for me.
set t = `cat test`
set t1 = `cat test1`
echo $t + $t1 | bc

Then
For multiple file you can do this
#!/bin/csh
set files = (file1 file2 file3)
set t = 0;
foreach file ($files)
set t1 = `cat $file`
set t = `echo $t+$t1 |bc`
end
echo $t
Sachin

 

[scooter6]

When run from the command line using the first example you gave me, the result I get is

bc: Syntax error on line 1, teletype


I am operation on SCO OpenServer 5.0.5

There must be a way to use awk or something to get this to work...I just can't get it to...

thanks for your help anyways....any other ideas?
anyone? help

thanks

 

[crowe]

run this in the directory where the errlog.box(s) files are. you might need to adjust the wildcard for your needs.

#!/usr/bin/ksh
x=0
for i in `cat errlog*` ; do
let x=$x+$i
done
echo $x

crowe

 

[scooter6]

thanks crowe...that helps a lot....

now, can I also set a "for" command inside of that "for" command??

For example, if at the end of the day I have in my directory
the following:

errlog.box1
errlog.box2
syslog.box1
syslog.box2
number.box1
number.box2

(keep in mind, all of these files have only a one-line entry of a whole number)can I do an "l" of the directory,
cat it to a text file, and then......

right after midnight, I want to run that script that will
take your script above and expand it a bit to end up with

errlog.total
syslog.total
number.total

(these files would represent the total of the ones mentioned above)

could I take your script and do this:

#!/usr/bin/ksh
x=0
for file in `cat logs.txt` ; do (logs.txt being my listing)
let x=$x+$i
echo $x

 

[crowe]

no problem, the only thing I can think of is you might want to use different variable names in the second for loop, but otherwise, it should work just the same.

crowe

 

[scooter6]

thanks for all your help crowe...I got it working....