#!/bin/sh
gawk '{total += $3}; END {print "column total is", total}' $1
On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Hidong Kim wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to run this gawk command from a script file:
>
> gawk '{total += $3}; END {print "column total is", total}'
>
> If I run this from the command prompt as:
>
> gawk '{total += $3}; END {print "column total is", total}' <filename>
>
> then it works fine. Is it possible to make a script file to run this
> gawk command without having to type 'gawk' in the command line? I know
> about 'gawk -f <scriptfile>'. But I tried making the file
> /bin/backuptally which is exactly:
>
> gawk '{total += $3}; END {print "column total is", total}'
>
> and running '/bin/backuptally <filename>'. This didn't work. Any
> suggestions? Thanks,
>
>
>
> Hidong
>
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