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                 |  | UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4294- December 13, 2012
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ADDING COLUMNS QUICKLY 
If you have a file with multiple
 columns
 
 1 5
 5 7
 2 7
 9 2
 
 and you want to add up a
 specific column, the following
 command can be used:
 
 
 $ awk -v col=2 '{ total += $col } END { print total }' FILENAME
 
 Where "col=2" is the second column in the file.
 
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