| numsum [-iIcdhrsvxy] (Input on STDIN from pipeline.)
numsum [-iIcdhrsvxy] (Input on STDIN. Use Ctrl-D to stop.)
-i Only return the integer portion of the final sum.
-I Only return the decimal portion of the final sum.
-c Print out the sum of each column.
-r Print out the sum of each row.
-x <n> Specify a comma seperated list of columns to print.
-y <n> Specify a comma seperated list of rows to print.
-s <string> Specify a string to use as a seperator for columns.
This defaults to be consecutive whitespace (\s+).
-h Help: You're looking at it.
-V Increase verbosity.
-d Debug mode. For developers
-q Quiet mode, don't print any warnings.
Enter your own numbers on STDIN. The last number is the answer.
$ numsum
4
21
98
100
223
Use it in a command pipeline.
$ ls -1s | grep .mp3 | numsum -c -x 5
72288
Add up the total byte count in a http log file.
$ cat access_log | awk {'print $10'} numsum
or
numsum -c -x 10 access_log
Add up the columns of numbers of a file.
$ cat columns
1 6 11 16 21
2 7 12 17 22
3 8 13 18 23
4 9 14 19 24
5 10 15 20 25
$ numsum -c columns
15 40 65 90 115
Add up the 1st, 2nd and 5th columns only.
$ numsum -c -x 1,2,5 columns
15 40 115
Add up the rows of numbers of a file.
$ numsum -r columns
55
60
65
70
75
Add up the 2nd and 4th rows.
$ numsum -r -y 2,4 columns
60
70
Developers can read the GOALS file and contact me about providing submitions or help for the project.