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vti

vti

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Feb 26, 2001
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I got a data like :

68240000.00
144290000.00
636070000.00
480000.00
26360000.00
50560000.00
20740000.00
17520000.00

How can i calculate the lines and get the total number of lines.?

thanks for any help

 
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wc -l < filename will give you number of lines in a file
what do you mean by calculate ?
Dickie Bird (:)-)))
 
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Sorry it's my fault ,i didn't mean number of lines.I need to calculate total value of lines.Like

68240000.00+144290000.00+636070000.00+480000.00+26360000.00+50560000.00+20740000.00+17520000.00 = ?


 
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Try
awk 'BEGIN {SCNT=0}{SCNT+=$1}END{print SCNT}' infile


HTH Dickie Bird (:)-)))
 
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it works well
thanks a lot
 
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