On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 01:51:34PM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > Hi everybody > > I have some data files in the following format: > > 1 2 3 4 > 5 6 7 8 > 9 10 11 12 > 13 14 15 16 > ... > > I need to sum up the second column, so the result is 32 (in this case). > Any ideas?
awk '{ x += $2 } END { print x }' < file
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
