Sum the number in each line of a filePost Author:TimPost published:January 31, 2011Post Category:LinuxPost Comments:0 CommentsHere is the command awk '{s += $1} END {print s}' mydatafile.txt Tags: awk, sum You Might Also Like [HOWTO] Squid proxy authentication using ncsa_auth helperMarch 8, 2010 Disable IPV6 module on default kernelsSeptember 19, 2009 No more ‘php_value mbstring.func_overload’ in .htaccessApril 18, 2012Leave a Reply Cancel replyCommentEnter your name or usernameEnter your emailEnter your website URL (optional) This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.