Comments on: Using awk to sum a field in a file http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/using-awk-to-sum-a-field-in-a-file/ Tue, 21 May 2013 18:28:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: gchahl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/using-awk-to-sum-a-field-in-a-file/#comment-66474 gchahl Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:07:32 +0000 #comment-66474 Thanks guys. I have tried this but does not work for me. I keep getting:

awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1

I have tried to change a few things here and there but no go.

Cheers

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