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#!/usr/bin/awk -f # Calculate average, syntax: ./avg.awk field-number file BEGIN {field = ARGV[1]; ARGV[1] = "" } { sum += $field } END { print sum / NR}
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#!/usr/bin/awk -f # Calculate average, syntax: ./avg.awk field-number file BEGIN {field = ARGV[1]; ARGV[1] = "" } { sum += $field } END { print sum / NR}
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