shell: addition from lines in an string - shell

Let's say I have a variable like this:
list='1
1
1.4
1
1
1'
Now I want to add the value from each line to the value from the line before. Like this:
result='1
2
3.4
4.4
5.4'
It must work with floating numbers too, so I guess awk is the best tool for it.
I was stating with a while loop:
while read line; do
add=$( awk 'BEGIN{ print "'"$x"'" + "'"$line"'" }' )
done <<< "$list"
But this doesn't work because I don't know how to save the value from the line before.

This would be my bash snippet:
prev=0
for val in $list; do
val=$(echo "$val + $prev"|bc)
prev=$val
result="${result}${val}\n"
done
echo -e "$result"

I don't know whether using zsh (which has floating point support) is an option, but if it is, you can simply do:
s=0;for i in $list; do s=$(($s+$i)); echo $s; done

Using awk you can do:
awk 'NR==1{print; s=$1; next} {s+=$1; print s}' file
1
2
3.4
4.4
5.4
6.4

Here is a way of doing it using bc:
#!/bin/bash
list='1
1
1.4
1
1
1'
results=( )
total="0.0"
index=0
for line in $list; do
total=$(bc -l <<< "$line + $total")
echo $total
results[$index]=$total
let index++
done
echo ${results[#]}
Also:
total="0.0"; while read v; do total=$(bc -l <<< "$v + $total"); echo $total; done <<< "$list"

Related

How to display number to two decimal places, even zero .00 using BC or DC [duplicate]

Greetings!
I uses bс to make some calculations in my script. For example:
bc
scale=6
1/2
.500000
For further usage in my script I need "0.500000" insted of ".500000".
Could you help me please to configure bc output number format for my case?
In one line:
printf "%0.6f\n" $(bc -q <<< scale=6\;1/2)
Just do all your calculations and output in awk:
float_scale=6
result=$(awk -v scale=$floatscale 'BEGIN { printf "%.*f\n", scale, 1/2 }')
As an alternative, if you'd prefer to use bc and not use AWK alone or with 'bc', Bash's printf supports floating point numbers even though the rest of Bash doesn't.
result=$(echo "scale=$float_scale; $*" | bc -q 2>/dev/null)
result=$(printf '%*.*f' 0 "$float_scale" "$result")
The second line above could instead be:
printf -v $result '%*.*f' 0 "$float_scale" "$result"
Which works kind of like sprintf would and doesn't create a subshell.
Quick and dirty, since scale only applies to the decimal digits and bc does not seem to have a sprintf-like function:
$ bc
scale = 6
result = 1 / 2
if (0 <= result && result < 1) {
print "0"
}
print result;
echo "scale=3;12/7" | bc -q | sed 's/^\\./0./;s/0*$//;s/\\.$//'
I believe here is modified version of the function:
float_scale=6
function float_eval()
{
local stat=0
local result=0.0
if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
result=$(echo "scale=$float_scale; $*" | bc -q | awk '{printf "%f\n", $0}' 2>/dev/null)
stat=$?
if [[ $stat -eq 0 && -z "$result" ]]; then stat=1; fi
fi
echo $result
return $stat
}
Can you put the bc usage into a little better context? What are you using the results of bc for?
Given the following in a file called some_math.bc
scale=6
output=1/2
print output
on the command line I can do the following to add a zero:
$ bc -q some_math.bc | awk '{printf "%08f\n", $0}'
0.500000
If I only needed the output string to have a zero for formatting purposes, I'd use awk.

Awk split use array later in bash

If I have this awk command...
echo $line | awk '{split($0,array,"|")}'
...how can I use array later in the bash program? If I try to print out information from the array later it's just empty.
You can't access awk variables outside of awk, but you can do the same using bash arrays directly
$ IFS='|' read -r -a array <<< "a|b|c"; echo ${array[1]}
b
You can use awk array contents outside of awk if you print it:
IFS=$'\n' read -d '' -r -a line < <(echo 'o|p|s' | awk '{split($0,array,"|"); for (i in array) print array[i]}')
declare -p line
# OUTPUT: declare -a line='([0]="o" [1]="p" [2]="s")'
An other solution in bash if I presume that fields haven't got space then only 1 assignment.
ln="apple|lemon|orange|strawberry" # eg
v=(${ln//|/ }) # substitute | with " " and vectorising with ()
# Now we are ready
# checking it:
for((i=0;i<${#v[#]};i++));do echo ${v[$i]}; done
apple
lemon
orange
strawberry
#or:
for i in ${v[#]}; do echo $i; done
apple
lemon
orange
strawberry
If we have some space but no underline "_" we need 3 steps.
ln="api ple|l em on|ora nge|s traw berry"
echo "$ln"
api ple|l em on|ora nge|s traw berry
ln=${ln// /_} # 1st
echo "$ln"
api_ple|l_em__on|ora__nge|s_traw___berry
v=(${ln//|/ }) # 2nd
for i in ${v[#]}; do echo $i; done
api_ple
l_em__on
ora__nge
s_traw___berry
for((i=0;i<${#v[#]};i++));do v[$i]="${v[i]//_/ }"; done # 3rd
for((i=0;i<${#v[#]};i++));do echo "${v[$i]}"; done
api ple
l em on
ora nge
s traw berry

How to get the 'variable' line from file? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
Bash tool to get nth line from a file
(22 answers)
Closed 7 years ago.
This is my script. It print every row in the file with the number of row.
Next i want to read which row user choosed and save it to some variable.
I=1
for ROW in $(cat file.txt)
do
echo "$I $ROW"
I=`expr $I + 1`
done
read var
awk 'FNR = $var {print}' file.txt
Then i want to to print / save the chosen row into the file.
How can I do this ?
when i echo $var it shows me properly the number. But when i'm trying to use this variable in awk, it print every line.
How to read the 'var' line from file?
And moreover, how to save this line in other variable?
Example file.txt
1 line1
2 line2
3 line3
4 line4
when i tap 3 i want to read third line from file.
Try this:
cat -n file.txt; read var; line="$(sed -n ${var}p file)"; echo "$line"
With more focus on Dryingsoussage's version:
#!/bin/bash
file="file.txt"
declare -i counter=0 # set integer attribute
var=0
while read -r line; do
counter=counter+1
printf "%d %s\n" "$counter" "$line"
done < "$file"
# check for number and greater-than 0 and less-than-or-equal $counter
until [[ $var =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && [[ $var -gt 0 ]] && [[ $var -le $counter ]]; do
read -p "Enter line number:" var
done
awk -v var="$var" 'FNR==var {print}' "$file"
You cannot use $varname inside ' ' they will not be resolved.
look at this other post it should help you:
How to use shell variables in an awk script
cat -n file.txt
read var
row="$(awk -v tgt="$var" 'NR==tgt{print;exit}' file.txt)"
First: You cannot use $var in a single quotes, as echo '$var' would be plain $var, no its value.
Second: You used = (assignment) operator instead of == (equality) operator.
Third: You don't have to write { print } if you want the line to be printed. You can write nothing instead.
Fourth: As was explained in the deleted comment below - do not allow bash expanding the variables in the awk script code, as it can lead to code injection.
So conclusion is:
awk -v var="$var" 'FNR == var' file.txt
should do what you want.

How to cut and assign the string to a dynamic array inside the for loop

This is what i have done to perform this function but I am not getting what i want.
#!/bin/sh
DIRECTIONPART1=4-7-9
for (( i=1; i<=3; i++ ))
do
x=`echo $DIRECTIONPART1| awk -F'-' '{print $i}'`
myarray[$i]=$x
done
for (( c=1; c<=3; c++ ))
do
echo ${myarray[$c]}
done
Problem we realised at this step
x=`echo $DIRECTIONPART1| awk -F'-' '{print $i}'`
Please help me in getting the result
This is what i get :
4-7-9
4-7-9
4-7-9
But I want this:
4
7
9
you are right with line of problem. The problem is that you cant use $i as variable in print. I have tried little workaround which worked for me:
x=`echo $DIRECTIONPART1| awk -F '-' -v var=$i '{print $var }'`
in all it looks like:
#!/bin/sh
DIRECTIONPART1=4-7-9
for (( i=1; i<=3; i++ ))
do
x=`echo $DIRECTIONPART1| awk -F '-' -v var=$i '{print $var }'`
myarray[$i]=$x
done
for (( c=1; c<=3; c++ ))
do
echo ${myarray[$c]}
done
with expected output:
# sh test.sh
4
7
9
#
The simplest portable way to get the desired output is to use $IFS (in a subshell):
#!/bin/sh
DIRECTIONPART1=4-7-9
(IFS=- && echo $DIRECTIONPART1)
The shell array would not work portably, as POSIX, ksh, and bash do not
agree on arrays. POSIX doesn't have any; ksh and bash use different syntax.
If you really want an array, I would suggest to do the entire thing in awk:
#!/bin/sh
DIRECTIONPART1=4-7-9
awk -v v=${DIRECTIONPART1} 'BEGIN {
n=split(v,a,"-")
for (i=1;i<=n;i++) {
print a[i]
}
}'
This will produce one line for each value in the string:
4
7
9
And if you want bash arrays, drop the #!/bin/sh, and do something like this:
#!/bin/bash
DIRECTIONPART1=4-7-9
A=( $(IFS=- && echo $DIRECTIONPART1) )
for ((i=0;i<=${#A[#]};i++))
do
echo ${A[i]}
done
Calling awk multiple times, or even once, is not the right thing to do. Use the bash built-in read to populate the array.
# Note that the quotes here are only necessary to
# work around a bug that was fixed in bash 4.3. It
# doesn't hurt to use them in any version, though.
$ IFS=- read -a myarray <<< "$DIRECTIONPART_1"
$ printf '%s\n' "${myarray[#]}"
4
7
9
[akshay#localhost tmp]$ bash test.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
DIRECTIONPART1=4-7-9
# Create array
IFS='-' read -a array <<< "$DIRECTIONPART1"
#To access an individual element:
echo "${array[0]}"
#To iterate over the elements:
for element in "${array[#]}"
do
echo "$element"
done
#To get both the index and the value:
for index in "${!array[#]}"
do
echo "$index ${array[index]}"
done
Output
[akshay#localhost tmp]$ bash test.sh
4
4
7
9
0 4
1 7
2 9
OR
[akshay#localhost tmp]$ cat test1.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
DIRECTIONPART1=4-7-9
array=(${DIRECTIONPART1//-/ })
for index in "${!array[#]}"
do
echo "$index ${array[index]}"
done
Output
[akshay#localhost tmp]$ bash test1.sh
0 4
1 7
2 9

Bash script: specify bc output number format

Greetings!
I uses bс to make some calculations in my script. For example:
bc
scale=6
1/2
.500000
For further usage in my script I need "0.500000" insted of ".500000".
Could you help me please to configure bc output number format for my case?
In one line:
printf "%0.6f\n" $(bc -q <<< scale=6\;1/2)
Just do all your calculations and output in awk:
float_scale=6
result=$(awk -v scale=$floatscale 'BEGIN { printf "%.*f\n", scale, 1/2 }')
As an alternative, if you'd prefer to use bc and not use AWK alone or with 'bc', Bash's printf supports floating point numbers even though the rest of Bash doesn't.
result=$(echo "scale=$float_scale; $*" | bc -q 2>/dev/null)
result=$(printf '%*.*f' 0 "$float_scale" "$result")
The second line above could instead be:
printf -v $result '%*.*f' 0 "$float_scale" "$result"
Which works kind of like sprintf would and doesn't create a subshell.
Quick and dirty, since scale only applies to the decimal digits and bc does not seem to have a sprintf-like function:
$ bc
scale = 6
result = 1 / 2
if (0 <= result && result < 1) {
print "0"
}
print result;
echo "scale=3;12/7" | bc -q | sed 's/^\\./0./;s/0*$//;s/\\.$//'
I believe here is modified version of the function:
float_scale=6
function float_eval()
{
local stat=0
local result=0.0
if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
result=$(echo "scale=$float_scale; $*" | bc -q | awk '{printf "%f\n", $0}' 2>/dev/null)
stat=$?
if [[ $stat -eq 0 && -z "$result" ]]; then stat=1; fi
fi
echo $result
return $stat
}
Can you put the bc usage into a little better context? What are you using the results of bc for?
Given the following in a file called some_math.bc
scale=6
output=1/2
print output
on the command line I can do the following to add a zero:
$ bc -q some_math.bc | awk '{printf "%08f\n", $0}'
0.500000
If I only needed the output string to have a zero for formatting purposes, I'd use awk.

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