On 18/12/07 16:45:18, Robert Thorsby wrote:
> Something like the following might be close:
> 
> awk 'BEGIN{FS=","}{$0~",$":i=i+NF?i=i+NF-1}END{print(i)}' input.txt

Oops, I transposed the ":" and the "?" in the conditional. Just shows 
what you can do when fingers outpace brain.

Robert Thorsby
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
                -- von Braun

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