Read file and add the data

[smithia6]

Hello.

I have a file that looks like this below.

3.2
1.1
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1

I wander if anyone has a way to read this line by line and add up the totals and send it to another file.

This file can have as many as 100 lines and as little as 4 so I never know how big it is going to be.

Regards

Ian

 

[aigles]

Try this :
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awk '{ total += $1 } END { print total }' input_file > total_file
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Jean Pierre.

 

[Ygor]

awk would be my choice:-
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awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}' file
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[smithia6]

Thanks guys,

Worked a treat.

Regards

Ian