7.5. Review
7.5.1. Increment and Decrement Operators
% cat datafile northwest NW Joel Craig 3.0 .98 3 4 western WE Sharon Kelly 5.3 .97 5 23 southwest SW Chris Foster 2.7 .8 2 18 southern SO May Chin 5.1 .95 4 15 southeast SE Derek Johnson 4.0 .7 4 17 eastern EA Susan Beal 4.4 .84 5 20 northeast NE TJ Nichols 5.1 .94 3 13 north NO Val Shultz 4.5 .89 5 9 central CT Sheri Watson 5.7 .94 5 13
Example 7.19.
% awk '/^north/{count += 1; print count}' datafile 1 2 3 |
% cat datafile northwest NW Joel Craig 3.0 .98 3 4 western WE Sharon Kelly 5.3 .97 5 23 southwest SW Chris Foster 2.7 .8 2 18 southern SO May Chin 5.1 .95 4 15 southeast SE Derek Johnson 4.0 .7 4 17 eastern EA Susan Beal 4.4 .84 5 20 northeast NE TJ Nichols 5.1 .94 3 13 north NO ...
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