awk '{s+=$1} END {print s}' mydatafile via stackoverflow.com Sometimes this is very handy ;) (ie - netstat -an | grep ':PORT ' | awk '{print $5}' | cut -d: -f1 | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | awk '{gsub(/^ +| +$/,"")}1' | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | awk '{s+=$1} END {print s}') Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Martynas