Bash: How to Calculate Sum After Reading File

Here’s a bash script that reads an input file and calculates the sum. A file containing a couple of records is an input for this script. The script reads this file using While (loop) and checks for a specific string; If found, further, it gets a substring of numbers for some calculation.

Reading file and calcuate sum

• The read – r command reads the file. The While loop reads till the end of the file. Added if logic to test the string.
• The sed utility formats the input record as desired. When the matched string is received, it will then get a number (used substring concept). Then, the echo statement displays the calculated sum.

Input file

app1:
cpu:1500m
mem:10
app2:
cpu:200m
mem:20

Script logic

The result would be the sum of app1 memory and app2 memory. It gives 10+20=30.

What it does?

• It replaces the ‘m’ that is found in the cpu. Also, it calculates the sum of the mem of app1 and app2 values.
• The read -r line reads input. The file name <inputfile.txt works as an input to the While loop. The sed output, it writes to Output.txt file.
• When the string matches to ‘mem’ it gets a number from it. This is later will use it to calculate the sum.
• This is a tricky shell script and may ask in interviews.
• The >> says it appends to output.txt file. If you use > each time it overwrites.

Result

Here’s the output from this script. You can see a display of the sum. Also, you can see the output file details without ‘m’ for cpu value.

Heart-beat monitor

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